abstract：OBJECTIVE:Calprotectin is a major leucocyte protein, shown to correlate well with laboratory and clinical assessments in several inflammatory rheumatic diseases, and large concentrations of calprotectin have been found in synovial fluid from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective of the present study wa...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hammer HB,Odegard S,Fagerhol MK,Landewé R,van der Heijde D,Uhlig T,Mowinckel P,Kvien TK

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To propose e-learning methods that address the fundamental problems related to sonographic training in rheumatology. METHODS:The project was designed for rheumatologists with strong motivation to learn ultrasound. A modular approach was constructed, consisting of a basic 3-day residential course, followed by...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Filippucci E,Meenagh G,Ciapetti A,Iagnocco A,Taggart A,Grassi W

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of infliximab and corticosteroid treatment on the lipid profile in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS:Infliximab infusions were given at weeks 0, 2, 6 and then every 8 weeks. Before each infusion, disease activity parameters (Disease Activity Index 28-Joint Score ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Peters MJ,Vis M,van Halm VP,Wolbink GJ,Voskuyl AE,Lems WF,Dijkmans BA,Twisk JW,de Koning MH,van de Stadt RJ,Nurmohamed MT

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Poor adherence to treatment is difficult to diagnose accurately. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has a long elimination half-life and its concentration in whole blood can be measured easily. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the utility of a very low blood HCQ concentration as a marker of poor compliance in patients with syst...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Costedoat-Chalumeau N,Amoura Z,Hulot JS,Aymard G,Leroux G,Marra D,Lechat P,Piette JC

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) genes predict disease severity in psoriasis (HLA-Cw6) and rheumatoid arthritis (shared epitope (SE)), but the situation is unclear for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). AIM:To determine the association of the HLA-Cw6 and HLA-DRB1 gene with disease severity in a large UK cohort with Ps...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Ho PY,Barton A,Worthington J,Thomson W,Silman AJ,Bruce IN

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) tends to remit during pregnancy, with more patients achieving remission in the third trimester, coinciding with an increase in levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP). In vitro and animal studies have shown that AFP has immunomodulatory properties. MM-093 is a non-glycosylated, recombinan...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pollard LC,Murray J,Moody M,Stewart EJ,Choy EH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the synovial membrane of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a strong expression of laminins and matrix degrading proteases was reported. AIM:To investigate the regulation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in synovial fibroblasts (SFs) of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and RA by attachment to l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hoberg M,Rudert M,Pap T,Klein G,Gay S,Aicher WK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibodies directed against citrullinated proteins (eg anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP)) have excellent diagnostic and good prognostic potential for rheumatoid arthritis. Type 1 autoimmune hepatitis (AIH-1) is a chronic liver disease characterised by a variety of serum autoantibodies. Recently, in a l...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Vannini A,Cheung K,Fusconi M,Stammen-Vogelzangs J,Drenth JP,Dall'Aglio AC,Bianchi FB,Bakker-Jonges LE,van Venrooij WJ,Pruijn GJ,Zendman AJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II genes is almost exclusively regulated by the class II transactivator. A promoter polymorphism (-168A/G, rs3087456) in the MHC2TA gene was associated with increased susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and myocardial infarctio...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Martínez A,Sánchez-Lopez M,Varadé J,Mas A,Martín MC,de Las Heras V,Arroyo R,Mendoza JL,Díaz-Rubio M,Fernández-Gutiérrez B,de la Concha EG,Urcelay E

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systemic vasculitides are multisystem disorders with considerable mortality and morbidity and frequent relapses. In the absence of reliable serological markers, accurate clinical tools are required to assess disease activity and damage for treatment decisions, and for the performance of clinical trials. This artic...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Flossmann O,Bacon P,de Groot K,Jayne D,Rasmussen N,Seo P,Westman K,Luqmani R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the presence and functionality of oestrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) in interleukin (IL)1beta-treated rabbit articular chondrocytes in culture, and to determine the mechanisms of 17beta oestradiol (E2) effects on IL1beta-induced inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression. METHODS:The p...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Richette P,Dumontier MF,Tahiri K,Widerak M,Torre A,Benallaoua M,Rannou F,Corvol MT,Savouret JF

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing age at onset has been associated with worse outcome in rheumatoid arthritis, although there are few data from unselected inception cohorts. HYPOTHESIS:Increasing age is associated with a higher risk of erosions at presentation, and this increase is not explained by age-related disease confounders...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Bukhari M,Lunt M,Barton A,Bunn D,Silman A,Symmons D

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relative contribution of work-related mechanical (injury) factors and psychosocial factors to the onset of a new episode of knee pain, in a cohort of newly employed workers. METHODS:A prospective cohort study of newly employed workers from 12 diverse occupational settings in England (The New...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Jones GT,Harkness EF,Nahit ES,McBeth J,Silman AJ,Macfarlane GJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis are currently successfully treated with infliximab (anti-tumour necrosis factor); however, about 30% of the patients do not respond to infliximab. One of the postulated hypotheses of not responding is the fast clearance of infliximab due to the development of inflixima...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Laken CJ,Voskuyl AE,Roos JC,Stigter van Walsum M,de Groot ER,Wolbink G,Dijkmans BA,Aarden LA

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 6-min walk test (6MWT) is increasingly used as an outcome measure in interstitial lung disease (ILD). AIM:To evaluate the usefulness of the 6MWT in a cohort of patients with ILD secondary to systemic sclerosis (SSc) and to correlate with established physiological parameters. METHODS:163 patients with S...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Buch MH,Denton CP,Furst DE,Guillevin L,Rubin LJ,Wells AU,Matucci-Cerinic M,Riemekasten G,Emery P,Chadha-Boreham H,Charef P,Roux S,Black CM,Seibold JR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the incidence and progression of radiological knee as well as of radiological hip osteoarthritis. DESIGN:Cohort study. SETTING:Population based. PARTICIPANTS:3585 people aged > or =55 years were selected from the Rotterdam Study, on the basi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Reijman M,Pols HA,Bergink AP,Hazes JM,Belo JN,Lievense AM,Bierma-Zeinstra SM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of smoking on cartilage loss and pain at the knee in individuals with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS:159 men with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis who participated in a 30-month, prospective, natural history study of knee osteoarthritis were examined. The more symptomatic knee was imaged ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Amin S,Niu J,Guermazi A,Grigoryan M,Hunter DJ,Clancy M,LaValley MP,Genant HK,Felson DT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To formulate EULAR recommendations for the management of early arthritis. METHODS:In accordance with EULAR's "standardised operating procedures", the task force pursued an evidence based approach and an approach based on expert opinion. A steering group comprised of 14 rheumatologists representing 10 Europea...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Combe B,Landewe R,Lukas C,Bolosiu HD,Breedveld F,Dougados M,Emery P,Ferraccioli G,Hazes JM,Klareskog L,Machold K,Martin-Mola E,Nielsen H,Silman A,Smolen J,Yazici H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) treatments (given for rheumatological manifestations) in reducing uveitis flares in patients with spondylarthropathy in daily practice. METHODS:A retrospective observational study of all patients with spondylarthropathy with at least one uveitis f...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Guignard S,Gossec L,Salliot C,Ruyssen-Witrand A,Luc M,Duclos M,Dougados M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the clinical importance of the anti-signal recognition particle (SRP) autoantibody in patients with myositis. METHODS:Retrospective systematic assessment of the clinical, laboratory and histological characteristics of 23 anti-SRP-positive patients from six European centres. Data were compared wi...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hengstman GJ,ter Laak HJ,Vree Egberts WT,Lundberg IE,Moutsopoulos HM,Vencovsky J,Doria A,Mosca M,van Venrooij WJ,van Engelen BG

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antenatal and postnatal treatment with dexamethasone (DEX) may negatively affect the neuropsychological development in children. Maternal anti-Ro/Sjögren's syndrome A (SSA) antibodies may also be associated with learning disabilities in offspring. OBJECTIVE:To assess neuropsychological development in babies...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Brucato A,Astori MG,Cimaz R,Villa P,Li Destri M,Chimini L,Vaccari R,Muscarà M,Motta M,Tincani A,Neri F,Martinelli S

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterise and quantify the CD4+ CD25+ T cell population in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to detect the possible influence of treatments and clinical manifestations. METHODS:Characterisation of CD25(low) and CD25(high) CD4+ T cells from healthy controls and from patients with SLE...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Suárez A,López P,Gómez J,Gutiérrez C

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a close relation between T helper (Th) 1 cells and nitric oxide in disease. Thus it is possible that a reciprocal regulatory mechanism exists between them. This paper briefly describes the experimental studies which have helped elucidate the mechanism by which nitric oxide selectively enhances Th 1 cell proli...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Niedbala W,Cai B,Liew FY

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orally bioavailable compounds that target key intracellular signalling molecules are receiving increasing attention for the treatment of rheumatic diseases. The mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinases are especially attractive because they regulate both cytokine production and cytokine action. The MAP kinases are expr...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sweeney SE,Firestein GS

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of the early stages of hand osteoarthritis is poorly understood, but recent high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (hrMRI) studies suggest that the joint ligaments have a major role in the phenotypic expression of the disease. OBJECTIVE:To combine hrMRI and cadaveric histological studie...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Tan AL,Toumi H,Benjamin M,Grainger AJ,Tanner SF,Emery P,McGonagle D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the ability of low-cost low-field dedicated extremity magnetic resonance imaging (E-MRI) to assess and predict erosive joint damage in the wrist and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS:24 previously untreated patients with rheumatoid arthritis with j...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Lindegaard HM,Vallø J,Hørslev-Petersen K,Junker P,Østergaard M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand the use of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha inhibitors in refractory dermatomyositis and polymyositis in an academic centre. METHODS:A retrospective study of eight patients with dermatomyositis or polymyositis refractory to corticosteroids and immunosuppressives who were treated with TNF inhib...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Efthimiou P,Schwartzman S,Kagen LJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several inflammatory conditions are associated with an increased risk of lymphoma. The specific features of inflammation that mediate this risk are unknown. There are few studies on whether ankylosing spondylitis increases the risk of lymphoma. Besides inflammation-lymphoma aetiology, information on risk of ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Askling J,Klareskog L,Blomqvist P,Fored M,Feltelius N

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low sulphate levels in blood may contribute to osteoarthritis by decreasing cartilage chondroitin sulphation. OBJECTIVE:To measure serum levels of sulphate during 3 h of fasting or glucose ingestion after overnight fasts to determine how much sulphate lowering may occur during this period. METHODS:Sera fro...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Blinn CM,Biggee BA,McAlindon TE,Nuite M,Silbert JE

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse tender and swollen joint counts in three cohorts of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with a focus on the proportions of patients who had fewer than 6-12 tender or swollen joints, as possible evidence based information toward more generalisable inclusion criteria for current and future RA cl...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Pincus T,Sokka T,Chung CP,Cawkwell G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence and consultation rate of lower extremity complaints in general practice. METHODS:Data were obtained from the Second Dutch National Survey of General Practice, in which 195 general practitioners (GPs) in 104 practices recorded all contacts with patients during 12 consecutive months i...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van der Waal JM,Bot SD,Terwee CB,van der Windt DA,Schellevis FG,Bouter LM,Dekker J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with an unexplained increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Antibodies against human 60 kDa heat shock protein (anti-HSP60) are associated with the presence and severity of CVD. OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether anti-HSP60 antibodies are associated with prevalent C...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： van Halm VP,Slot MC,Nurmohamed MT,Tervaert JW,Dijkmans BA,Voskuyl AE

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between progression of knee osteoarthritis and progression of osteoarthritis at sites distant from the knee is unclear because of a lack of multisite longitudinal progression data. OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between radiological progression of knee osteoarthritis and osteoarthritis...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Hassett G,Hart DJ,Doyle DV,March L,Spector TD

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To perform a prospective long term follow up study comparing conventional radiography (CR), ultrasonography (US), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the detection of bone erosions and synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) finger joints. METHODS:The metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joint...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Scheel AK,Hermann KG,Ohrndorf S,Werner C,Schirmer C,Detert J,Bollow M,Hamm B,Müller GA,Burmester GR,Backhaus M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure gelatinase activities in paired synovial fluid (SF) and serum of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and to assess how these activities relate to clinical and laboratory measures of disease activity. METHODS:A quantitative protein substrate zymography method was adapted and validate...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Peake NJ,Foster HE,Khawaja K,Cawston TE,Rowan AD

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The CNS manifestations of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) can mimic multiple sclerosis both clinically and radiologically. OBJECTIVE:To compare evoked potential studies in APS patients and patients with multiple sclerosis with similar neurological disability. METHODS:30 APS patients with CNS manifestat...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Paran D,Chapman J,Korczyn AD,Elkayam O,Hilkevich O,Groozman GB,Levartovsky D,Litinsky I,Caspi D,Segev Y,Drory VE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the safety, efficacy, and lymphocyte activation of a triple therapeutic regimen with infliximab, methotrexate (MTX), and ciclosporin A (CsA) by an open label, pilot study. PATIENTS AND METHODS:19 patients (mean age 52.9 years) with active rheumatoid arthritis (mean DAS28 7.3) after a mean of 16.8 ...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Sidiropoulos PI,Siakka P,Raptopoulou A,Mamoulaki M,Choulaki C,Koutala H,Kouroumali H,Kritikos H,Boumpas DT

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of infliximab on health related quality of life (HRQoL) and physical function in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the IMPACT 2 trial. METHODS:200 patients with PsA unresponsive to conventional treatment were randomised to intravenous infusions of infliximab 5 mg/kg or...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Kavanaugh A,Antoni C,Krueger GG,Yan S,Bala M,Dooley LT,Beutler A,Guzzo C,Gladman D

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the gene-environment interaction of tobacco exposure and shared epitope on autoantibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and undifferentiated arthritis. METHODS:From incident cases of arthritis (n = 1305), patients who did not fulfil any classification criteria (undifferentiated arthritis (n...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Linn-Rasker SP,van der Helm-van Mil AH,van Gaalen FA,Kloppenburg M,de Vries RR,le Cessie S,Breedveld FC,Toes RE,Huizinga TW

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral glucosamine preparations are widely used as a treatment for osteoarthritis, purportedly functioning by a variety of mechanisms suggested by results of in vitro experiments, and generally using glucosamine concentrations well in excess of 100 micromol/l. OBJECTIVE:To use high performance liquid chromato...

journal_title：Annals of the rheumatic diseases

authors： Biggee BA,Blinn CM,McAlindon TE,Nuite M,Silbert JE

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00