abstract：:We aimed to investigate the diagnostic significance of high frequency ultrasonography (USG), comparing the findings in USG, bone scintigraphy and clinical stuation. Fifty-one patients who had early symptoms of inflammatory arthritis, but not fulfilling the ACR diagnostic criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were inc...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ozgul A,Yasar E,Arslan N,Balaban B,Taskaynatan MA,Tezel K,Baklaci K,Ozgüven MA,Kalyon TA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are noncoding RNA molecules of 21-24 nt that regulate the expression of target genes in a post-transcriptional manner. Evidence indicates that miRNAs play essential roles in embryogenesis, cell differentiation, and pathogenesis of human diseases. This study describes a comparison between the miRNA p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Dai Y,Sui W,Lan H,Yan Q,Huang H,Huang Y

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 40-year-old woman presented as unstable angina. She had a family history of stroke as the only cardiovascular risk factor. Her blood pressure on admission was 150/90 mmHg. Laboratory study showed absolutely all negative markers of inflammation, autoimmune disorders, or atherosclerosis. Coronary an...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lee SH,Chae JK,Lim ST,Ko JK

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addison's disease is an autoimmune process. However, Addison's disease associated with connective tissue diseases (CTD) is only occasionally reported. Here, we report six cases of Addison's disease secondary to a variety of CTD, which include systemic lupus erythematosus, Takayasu arteritis, systemic sclerosis, ankylo...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Zhang ZL,Wang Y,Zhou W,Hao YJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report an unusual case of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A 40-year-old-man with MDS presented with chronic low back pain for 6 years. Four years ago, MDS was diagnosed during routine blood analysis for the work-up of his articular complaints. His initial articul...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lee J,Kim H,Ahn JK,Hwang JW,Jang JH,Koh EM,Cha HS

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to identify the role of cholinergic stimulation on changes of intracellular calcium concentrations as intracellular messenger of neuroimmune interaction. Incubation of PBMC with acetylcholine (ACh) leads to Ca(2+) oscillations in healthy controls. PBMC from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients e...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Nast A,Malysheva O,Krause A,Wahle M,Baerwald CG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behçet disease (BD) is an inflammatory disorder of unknown origin. We present here an unusual case of juvenile Behçet with hemoptysis due to large pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAA), large intra-cardiac thrombus and prolonged fever, which posed several therapeutic challenges. In this case, a 14-year-old boy was admitted...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Vivante A,Bujanover Y,Jacobson J,Padeh S,Berkun Y

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main goal of this project was to identify the presence of fibromyalgia (FM) subgroups using a simple and frequently used clinical tool, the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ). A total of 61 women diagnosed with FM participated in this study. FM subgroups were created by applying a hierarchical cluster analysi...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： de Souza JB,Goffaux P,Julien N,Potvin S,Charest J,Marchand S

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between clinical features of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and HLA-B27 status or its subtypes. Clinical data and blood samples were collected with patients' informed consent. Luminex liquid array combining polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific oligonuc...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wu Z,Lin Z,Wei Q,Gu J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of long-term leflunomide and methotrexate (MTX) therapy during the course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) estimated by digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) and computer-aided joint space analysis (CAJSA) as diagnostic tools for the quantification of disease-related pe...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Pfeil A,Lippold J,Eidner T,Lehmann G,Oelzner P,Renz DM,Hansch A,Wolf G,Hein G,Kaiser WA,Böttcher J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effects of TNF-alpha -308, -238 promoter polymorphisms on TNF-alpha transcription in B27 positive Chinese patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The possible relationship between polymorphisms, MHC antigens, and quantitative TNF-alpha mRNA expression were evaluated. Single nucleotide polymorphis...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lu MC,Yang KL,Tung CH,Huang KY,Yu HC,Liu SQ,Lai NS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old man with intermittent asymmetric migratory oligoarthritis lasting the recent decade was admitted to our hospital. Considerable specific biomarkers for rheumatoid arthritis such as anti-agalactosyl IgG antibody are all negative. He was diagnosed as palindromic rheumatism (PR). Although hand X-rays showed ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ueda S,Horino T,Arii K,Morita T,Takao T,Hashimoto K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a self-limited disease characterized by fever and polyserositis attacks. Arthritis caused by synovitis is either in acute monoarthritis or chronic mono-oligoarthritis form, usually affecting the lower extremities. Another potential but rare form of involvement is spondyloarthropat...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Bodur H,Seçkin U,Eser F,Ergül G,Seçkin S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have bone loss to various degrees at different skeletal sites. The subregional bone mineral density (BMD) of the hand and the correlation of BMD to other regional bone losses, parameters of inflammation or bone resorption was evaluated in 421 patients with RA and controls. RA pa...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Franck H,Gottwalt J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied causes of death (CoDs) between 1952 and 1991 assessed by a clinician before autopsy and then determined at autopsy by a pathologist in 369 subjects with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 370 subjects without RA (non-RA). We analysed clinical data for RA subjects between 1973 and 1991. In RA subjects, leading au...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Koivuniemi R,Paimela L,Suomalainen R,Piirainen H,Karesoja M,Helve T,Leirisalo-Repo M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid vasculitis (RV) is an uncommon but potentially catastrophic complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There are few current extensive studies and no consensus regarding the clinical, laboratory, histologic features and management or prognosis of RV. We report a case of RV in a 74-year old woman with a long...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Benucci M,Li Gobbi F,Saviola G,Manfredi M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to compare the significance of risk factors for osteoporosis according to gender and menopausal state in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bone mineral density (dual X-ray absorptiometry), cumulative glucocorticoid dose, age, disease duration, body mass index (BMI) and parameters of dis...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Oelzner P,Schwabe A,Lehmann G,Eidner T,Franke S,Wolf G,Hein G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serotonin antagonists show impressive analgesic efficacy in rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis (OA) or fibromyalgia; however, this effect is not well understood. We examined the mechanism of serotonin-induced inflammation and its antagonists in OA. Serotonin receptor subtypes and COX-2 were analysed by RT-PCR from s...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Seidel MF,Fiebich BL,Ulrich-Merzenich G,Candelario-Jalil E,Koch FW,Vetter H

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies to citrullinated proteins have been described in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and these appear to be the most specific markers of the disease. Our objective was to determine the frequency of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides (CCPs) in patients with RA and the association of anti-CCP ant...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Serdaroğlu M,Cakirbay H,Değer O,Cengiz S,Kul S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on articular cartilage have been reported in recent studies, the use of EMFs to treat osteoarthritis remains a matter of debate. In an in vitro study, human chondrocytes harvested from osteoarthritic knee joints were released from their surrounding matrix and t...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Schmidt-Rohlfing B,Silny J,Woodruff S,Gavenis K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the anemia in monkey collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) to evaluate whether this model is useful to analyze the basis of an anemia of inflammatory diseases. Cynomolgus monkey was immunized with bovine type II collagen on days 0 and 21. Blood samples were collected regularly and hematological parameters,...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Uchiyama Y,Koike N,Mihara M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated an increased risk of breast cancer among patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). To describe the clinical characteristics of 21 patients with both systemic sclerosis and breast cancer, and compare their risk factors to female scleroderma patients without breast cancer, in a p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lu TY,Hill CL,Pontifex EK,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare health related quality of life (HRQoL) and assess functional and psychological status in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) patients and controls (each 30 subjects). Demographic characteristics, pain and sleep disturbance by Visual Analog Scale, depression by Bec...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Tander B,Cengiz K,Alayli G,Ilhanli I,Canbaz S,Canturk F

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 59 year old man with systemic sclerosis and superficial siderosis of the central nervous system characterized by progressive worsening of walking with signs of pyramidal liberation associated with cerebellar ataxia and bilateral hypoacusia. Ferritin and oligoclonal bands were found on lumbar ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Simeoni S,Puccetti A,Tinazzi E,Tomelleri G,Corrocher R,Lunardi C

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive assessment of endothelial dysfunction (ED) and diagnosing the early vascular development of atherosclerosis in active mucocutaneous Behçet's disease. Twenty-nine active BD patients (study group) without any obstructive vascular involvement were compared with twenty-nine healthy controls (control group) in ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ulusoy RE,Karabudak O,Kilicaslan F,Kirilmaz A,Us MH,Cebeci BS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of some epidemiological studies point to the presence of an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly atherosclerosis and congestive heart failure (CHF) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). At least 50% of abnormalities remained asymptomatic. Pathological conditions contributing to myocardial d...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wislowska M,Jaszczyk B,Kochmański M,Sypuła S,Sztechman M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study analyzed the HLA-B 27 alleles in a group of 20 consecutive patients with the diagnosis of Reiter syndrome (RS) followed in a tertiary referral university hospital in Brazil, during the period 1990-2006, and compared the data with that observed in other patients with spondyloarthropathies follo...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Sampaio-Barros PD,Conde RA,Donadi EA,Bonfiglioli R,Costallat LT,Samara AM,Bértolo MB

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the ear involvement, especially at extended higher frequencies than those previously studied, in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We prospectively evaluated 45 consecutive patients with AS. All patients underwent a complete physical exam...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Adam M,Erkan AN,Arslan D,Leblebici B,Ozlüoğlu L,Nafiz Akman M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate specifically the correlation of hand functions determined by Duruoz hand index (DHI) with radiological findings and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Forty-eight RA patients were evaluated with DHI questionnaire, disease activity score (DAS) 28 and mod...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Birtane M,Kabayel DD,Uzunca K,Unlu E,Tastekin N

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasonography (US) and power Doppler sonography (PDS) was used to investigate causes of new onset of shoulder pain and sites of shoulder inflammation in 157 shoulders of 99 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). US detected effusion and/or synovitis in 92/157 glenohumeral joints, subdeltoid bursitis in 56/157 shou...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Stegbauer J,Rump LC,Weiner SM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to investigate the endothelial function in complex regional pain syndrome. A total of 21 patients with CRPS and 15 healthy controls were enrolled. The mean age of patients was 22 +/- 4.9 years and the mean duration of the disease was 5.9 +/- 2.5 months. Flow-mediated vasodilatation (FMD)...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Duman I,Sanal HT,Dincer K,Kalyon TA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidative status (TOS) and oxidative stress index (OSI) in patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis. We also investigate the relation between bone mineral density and oxidative/antioxidative parameters. Thirty-nine patients with osteoporo...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Altindag O,Erel O,Soran N,Celik H,Selek S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis is a connective tissue disease in which oxidative stress represents an important player among the complex pathogenetic mechanisms of the disease. Iloprost, an analogue of natural prostacyclin, is used in systemic sclerosis for the treatment of severe Raynaud's phenomenon and ischemic ulcers. There i...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Volpe A,Biasi D,Caramaschi P,Bambara LM,Carletto A,Degan M,Minuz P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric manifestations are common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and often represent a challenging diagnostic and therapeutic problem, mainly because the uncertainties of the pathogenic mechanisms. We report a case of acute psychosis occurring in a female with SLE due to the stress of having a severe diseas...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Marasini B,Massarotti M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to evaluate the effects of the TNF-alpha inhibitor etanercept on oxidation stress markers representing DNA damage, lipid peroxidation, and protein glycosylation. Twenty-two rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients underwent etanercept treatment. The levels of serum total, urinary total, and urinary ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kageyama Y,Takahashi M,Nagafusa T,Torikai E,Nagano A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) are the products of non-enzymatic glycation and oxidation of proteins and lipids. Low-turnover tissues such as articular cartilage seem to be susceptible to the accumulation of AGEs, which might lead to cartilage degradation. Recently, a non-invasive method for measuring skin AGE ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Matsumoto T,Tsurumoto T,Baba H,Osaki M,Enomoto H,Yonekura A,Shindo H,Miyata T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Thai population is significantly associated with HLA-DR4 shared epitope (SE) alleles, particularly with DRB1*0405 (P = 0.00004, OR = 3.84, 95% CI = 1.93, 7.7). In addition, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) gene -863A alleles were found to be significantly increased in 77 RA patients...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Hirankarn N,Nakkuntod J,Duangchalermwong P,Deesomchok U,Charoenwongse P

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man presented with a complaint of low-back pain and widespread joint pain for the previous 20 years. Conventional radiography revealed wide areas of calcification in the intervertebral discs and degenerative changes in the peripheral joints. A diagnosis of ochronosis was made by the observation of bluish...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Capkin E,Karkucak M,Yayli S,Serdaroğlu M,Tosun M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of balneotherapy in fibromyalgia syndrome (FS) has been well demonstrated, while controlled studies using mud packs are lacking. We performed a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effects and the tolerability of mud-bath treatment in FS patients, who are poor responders to pharmacological therapy. E...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Fioravanti A,Perpignano G,Tirri G,Cardinale G,Gianniti C,Lanza CE,Loi A,Tirri E,Sfriso P,Cozzi F

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous inflammation. The clinical spectrum in childhood is heterogeneous. Angiotensin converting enzyme activity is used as a marker for disease activity. Human chitotriosidase is produced in macrophages. In this study, serum chitotriosidase levels were significantly higher in active sa...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Brunner J,Scholl-Bürgi S,Prelog M,Zimmerhackl LB

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00