abstract：:The authors report the case of a 69-years-old woman with Sjögren's syndrome. After 8 years of disease she developed muscle weakness and the diagnosis of inclusion body myositis was established. This is a rare association. The patient had a good response to the immunosupressive treatment. Similar cases can be found in ...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Monteiro P,Coutinho M,Salvador MJ,Malcata A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degos' disease or malignant atrophic papulosis is a rare vasculopathy characterized by the presence of a typical skin lesion and visceral vascular involvement of small vessels, mainly of the digestive tract or central nervous system. The most interesting fact in this disease is the benign appearance of cutaneous lesio...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： de Carvalho JF

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the evolution of musculoskeletal ultrasonography and its role in rheumatological practice by comparing recent casuistics of the ultrasonography exams performed at the Rheumatology Department of University Hospital La Paz -Madrid with the exams performed before 2003. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Revision of th...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Monteiro P,de Miguel E,Mola EM

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis (JHF) is a rare disease with autosomal recessive inheritance that occurs mainly in childhood and is characterized by the deposition of amorphous hyaline material in the skin and other organs. There are approximately 70 cases reported in the literature. Herein we describe the case of a 14-...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Ribeiro SL,Guedes EL,Botan V,Barbosa A,Freitas EJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although inflammation has a defined role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, the link between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) parameters of disease activity and atherosclerotic findings are not defined. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between subclinical carotid atherosclerosis and clinical/laborator...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Pereira IA,Laurindo IM,Zimmermann AF,Werner Castro GR,Mello F,Borba EF

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classical manifestations of leprosy are cutaneous and neurological involvement; however, rheumatic manifestations are relatively common during the course of the disease and can be the initial manifestation. Herein are reviewed the clinical features of leprosy, particularly those that may mimic rheumatic diseases. ...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Pereira HL,Ribeiro SL,Sato EI

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The characteristic feature of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is palpable purpura, however hemorrhagic vesicles and blisters have been rarely reported. CASE REPORTS:From January 1983 to December 2007, 5079 patients were followed in our Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, 232 (4.6%) of them with the diagnosis of H...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Júnior CR,Yamaguti R,Ribeiro AM,Melo BA,Campos LA,Silva CA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In this study we aimed to estimate the prevalence of osteoporosis and to identify the factors associated with bone mineral density in Portuguese men and to quantify age-related bone loss. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS:We designed a cross-sectional evaluation of 739 apparently healthy men 20-82 years recruited during ge...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Lucas R,Silva C,Costa L,Araújo D,Barros H

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of assessment tools for quality of life has allowed the incorporation of the views of patients in health decision-making. This article presents the characteristics and changes experienced by one of the most used questionnaires of quality of life at present the Short Form 36-item Health Survey SF-36 . We also d...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Campolina AG,Ciconelli RM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide (CYC) is a classical drug for the treatment of severe Wegener's granulomatosis (WG). However as it causes substantial toxicity alternative agents should be considered if optimal therapeutic CYC dose is not tolerated by an individual patient. We report the successful use of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) ...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Osuna A,Garrido J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are now known to influence many different classes of lymphocytes (T, B, NK cells) and many types of T cell responses (Th1/Th2/Th17, regulatory T cells, peripheral T cell deletion). In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) DC have been described and their roles in RA pathogenesis have been implicated. This rev...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Lebre MC,Tak PP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Reliable and sensitive measurements are needed to evaluate quality of life QOL in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus SLE . No lupus-specific questionnaires are available in the Portuguese language. OBJECTIVES:This study describes the translation cultural adaptation and reliability testing of the S...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Freire EA,Guimarães E,Maia I,Ciconelli RM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Despite the biological rationale for switching between TNF-antagonists, there is not a definitive answer from a clinical point of view. METHODS:We performed a systematic review. The strategy for the literature search included synonyms for the active drugs, trade names, and different synonyms for biologic th...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： Carmona L,Ortiz A,Abad MA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the experience of the group in the study of the mechanisms of hypernociception (pain) and articular cartilage lesion in the zymosan-induced arthritis model in rats. ...

journal_title：Acta reumatologica portuguesa

authors： da Silva FS,da Rocha FA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00