Ultrasound and operative evaluation of arthritic shoulder joints.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since approval of tocilizumab (TCZ) for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), interleukin 6 (IL-6) pathway inhibition was evaluated in trials of TCZ and other agents targeting the IL-6 receptor and ligand in various RA populations and other inflammatory diseases. Thi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Smolen JS,Schoels MM,Nishimoto N,Breedveld FC,Burmester GR,Dougados M,Emery P,Ferraccioli G,Gabay C,Gibofsky A,Gomez-Reino JJ,Jones G,Kvien TK,Murakami M,Betteridge N,Bingham CO 3rd,Bykerk V,Choy EH,Combe B,Cutolo M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A study was undertaken to investigate the in vivo pathogenic role of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) in the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) by studying the thrombogenic antiphospholipid (aPL) activity in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) non-responsive (LPS-/-) mice and the association between tlr4 gene polymorphisms and...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pierangeli SS,Vega-Ostertag ME,Raschi E,Liu X,Romay-Penabad Z,De Micheli V,Galli M,Moia M,Tincani A,Borghi MO,Nguyen-Oghalai T,Meroni PL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse fibronectin (FN) gene polymorphisms in type II mixed cryoglobulinemic syndrome (MCsn), an immune-complex mediated systemic vasculitis linked to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and characterised by rheumatoid factor (RF) positive B-cell proliferation at high risk for the progression into non-Hodgk...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Fabris M,Quartuccio L,Salvin S,Pozzato G,De Re V,Mazzaro C,Ferri C,Baldini C,De Vita S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method is described which allows sequential monitoring of the endocytic activity of blood and synovial fluid cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients undergoing therapy with levamisole. Evidence of immediate (24 hours) and long-term (5-7 weeks) cellular phagocytic enhancement is presented. ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Wynne KM,Dieppe PA,Scott J,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A prospective randomised trial to compare two different durations of maintenance immunosuppressive therapy for the prevention of relapse in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). METHODS:Patients with AAV were recruited 18-24 months after diagnosis if they were in stable ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Karras A,Pagnoux C,Haubitz M,Groot K,Puechal X,Tervaert JWC,Segelmark M,Guillevin L,Jayne D,European Vasculitis Society.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small studies have linked α1 antitrypsin (α1AT) deficiency to patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). OBJECTIVE:To test the validity and the mechanism of this association between α1AT and AAV. METHODS:The distribution of α1AT deficiency alleles Z and S was co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Morris H,Morgan MD,Wood AM,Smith SW,Ekeowa UI,Herrmann K,Holle JU,Guillevin L,Lomas DA,Perez J,Pusey CD,Salama AD,Stockley R,Wieczorek S,McKnight AJ,Maxwell AP,Miranda E,Williams J,Savage CO,Harper L

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In osteoarthritis (OA), adult articular chondrocytes undergo phenotypic modulation in response to alterations in the environment owing to mechanical injury and inflammation. These processes not only stimulate the production of enzymes that degrade the cartilage matrix but also inhibit repair. With the use of in vitro ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Goldring MB,Otero M,Tsuchimochi K,Ijiri K,Li Y

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To forecast, on the basis of the past and present position of rheumatologists in Europe, the competence needed in the future to secure and promote the specialty within the healthcare network. METHODS:Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes/European Board of Rheumatology (UEMS/EBR) questionnaire on (a) tr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Amor B

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the expression of the natural killer (NK) antigen CD56, and T cell receptor delta chain antigen (TCR delta), expressed on the gamma delta T cell subset, in patients with scleroderma, and to correlate levels of expression with clinical characteristics. METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (P...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Holcombe RF,Baethge BA,Wolf RE,Betzing KW,Stewart RM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the rate of tuberculosis (TB) in biologic users for rheumatic diseases in South Africa, the effectiveness of our latent TB infection (LTBI) programme, risk factors and outcome. METHODS:TB cases were collected from the South African Biologics Registry (SABIO), rheumatologists and pharmaceutical c...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pettipher C,Benitha R

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two animal models were used to investigate the mode of action of levamisole and thymopoietin. Neither compound influenced the subcutaneous carrageenan air pouch. While thymopoietin inhibited the formation of cotton pellet granulomas, levamisole enhanced it. This supports the conclusions of clinical studies reported el...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Thrower PA,Sedgwick AD,Smith ER,Willoughby DA,Huskisson EC

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate new classification criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) in patients with SpA with peripheral manifestations only. METHODS:In this Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) study, two prespecified sets of criteria were compared against the European Spondylarthropathy ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Rudwaleit M,van der Heijde D,Landewé R,Akkoc N,Brandt J,Chou CT,Dougados M,Huang F,Gu J,Kirazli Y,Van den Bosch F,Olivieri I,Roussou E,Scarpato S,Sørensen IJ,Valle-Oñate R,Weber U,Wei J,Sieper J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To show whether intra-articular steroid injections are effective in osteoarthritis; to determine factors that predict response; and to determine whether injection has a beneficial effect on muscle strength. METHODS:Double blind, placebo controlled, crossover study in 59 patients with symptomatic osteoarthri...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jones A,Doherty M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concanavalin-A-induced T-suppressor cell activity was decreased in spleen cell suspensions from Lewis rats with adjuvant arthritis. This decreased activity was evident on day 10 after the induction of the disease, just before the development of the polyarthritic lesions, and persisted during the period of active infla...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Binderup L

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibodies targeting citrullinated antigens are specific for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Citrullination is catalysed by the peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) enzyme family. Critical enzymes are often targeted by disease-specific antibodies in complex immune-mediated diseases. Here, we have tested for autoantib...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Halvorsen EH,Pollmann S,Gilboe IM,van der Heijde D,Landewé R,Ødegård S,Kvien TK,Molberg Ø

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine clinical and ultrasonographic predictors of joint replacement surgery across Europe in primary osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. METHODS:This was a 3-year prospective study of a painful OA knee cohort (from a EULAR-sponsored, multicentre study). All subjects had clinical evaluation, radiographs ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Conaghan PG,D'Agostino MA,Le Bars M,Baron G,Schmidely N,Wakefield R,Ravaud P,Grassi W,Martin-Mola E,So A,Backhaus M,Malaise M,Emery P,Dougados M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the risk of a second malignant neoplasm (SMN) and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with a history of a primary cancer diagnosis and treated with biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARD). METHODS:Among patients with RA (n=15 286) registered in the DANBIO Register ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Dreyer L,Cordtz RL,Hansen IMJ,Kristensen LE,Hetland ML,Mellemkjaer L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is not a disease, but an exclusion diagnosis that encompasses all forms of arthritis that begin before the age of 16 years, persist for more than 6 weeks, and are of unknown origin. This heterogeneous group of chronic arthritides has been classified on clinical and laboratory ground...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Martini A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the associations between structural abnormalities on ultrasound (US) or conventional x-rays (CR) and pain in hand osteoarthritis (HOA). METHODS:In 55 consecutive patients with HOA (mean age 61 years, 86% women) fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria, pain in 30 separate hand joints...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kortekaas MC,Kwok WY,Reijnierse M,Huizinga TW,Kloppenburg M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred and forty unrelated British Caucasoid patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been HLA typed for class I and class II antigens. Analyses of HLA antigen associations were performed on the overall group and in patient subsets selected according to particular disease parameters or sex, or both. The resu...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jaraquemada D,Ollier W,Awad J,Young A,Silman A,Roitt IM,Corbett M,Hay F,Cosh JA,Maini RN

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the sympathetic and parasympathetic cardiovascular function in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and to investigate the possible relation with ocular dryness. METHODS:41 (40 women) patients with primary SS, mean age 50 years (range 20-80) with a mean disease duration of eight years (range 1-30),...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Barendregt PJ,van Den Meiracker AH,Markusse HM,Tulen JH,Boomsma F,van Der Heijde GL,Veld AJ

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucopenia appears to be a more frequent complication of sulphasalazine treatment in rheumatoid arthritis than in inflammatory bowel disease and poses a management problem. In this study leucopenia was found in 20 patients, 14 of whom were participating in prospective studies (252 patients), giving an incidence of 5.6...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Marabani M,Madhok R,Capell HA,Hunter JA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the influences of radiographic severity, quadriceps strength, knee pain, age, and gender on functional ability in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. METHODS:Equal numbers of knee pain positive and negative respondents to a survey of registrants aged more than 55 years at a general practic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： McAlindon TE,Cooper C,Kirwan JR,Dieppe PA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPA) are integrated in the 2010 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism (ACR/EULAR) classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objectives of this study were to evaluate the technical ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Van Hoovels L,Jacobs J,Vander Cruyssen B,Van den Bremt S,Verschueren P,Bossuyt X

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature death has been long recognised as a manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Three lines of evidence can explain why patients with RA die prematurely and why the mortality gap between patients with RA and the general population appears to widening. First, patients with RA have a higher risk of several ser...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Gabriel SE

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that high concentrations of extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), which associate with increased cell synthesis and turnover in cartilage, may act as a marker for structural outcome in knee osteoarthritis (OA). METHOD:One hundred and thirty five consecutive patients referred to ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Doherty M,Belcher C,Regan M,Jones A,Ledingham J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 85 year old man with a longstanding history of non-tophaceous gout developed a single large tophus, unassociated with inflammation, on his paretic leg over a six week period following an acute hemiplegia. The rapidity of tophus formation, its localisation to the paretic limb, and the apparent blunting of the acute ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Donegan CF,Berman P,Doherty M

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare three questions on knee pain with respect to determined prevalence and associations with disability and structural change. METHODS:Postal survey to 4057 men and women aged 40-79 years. Knee pain was defined by three questions: (A) "Have you ever had pain in or around the knee on most days for at l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： O'Reilly SC,Muir KR,Doherty M

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the risk of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) among patients with psoriasis exposed to physical trauma. METHODS:A matched cohort study was performed using data from The Health Improvement Network (THIN). Patients with psoriasis exposed to trauma were randomly matched to up to five unexposed psoriasis co...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Thorarensen SM,Lu N,Ogdie A,Gelfand JM,Choi HK,Love TJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency and suppressive capacity of regulatory T cells (T(reg)) and their association with clinical parameters in patients with systemic scleroderma (SSc). METHODS:Peripheral blood from 25 patients with SSc, 15 patients with localised scleroderma (LS) and 29 healthy controls (HC) was studi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Klein S,Kretz CC,Ruland V,Stumpf C,Haust M,Hartschuh W,Hartmann M,Enk A,Suri-Payer E,Oberle N,Krammer PH,Kuhn A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00