abstract：:The advantage of inoculating blood culture bottles (BCB) with a bulk volume of joint fluid was studied by analyzing results for 155 positive specimens cultured in parallel in BCB and on conventional solid media. The specimens came from both natural and artificial joints of 89 patients treated in 1975-1994. One third o...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： von Essen R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was (1) to examine the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by a county patient register, (2) to cross-validate the register findings by a postal population survey, and (3) to estimate prevalences of disease subsets according to age, sex, and levels of physical disability. The study was performed with...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kvien TK,Glennås A,Knudsrød OG,Smedstad LM,Mowinckel P,Førre O

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the frequency of gut inflammation and the role of gut lesion in the pathogenesis of the ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Korean patients. Ileocolonoscopy and biopsy of the colon and terminal ileum were performed on 24 Korean patients with AS. Endoscopic lesions were observed in 7 patients (29.2%). The le...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Lee YH,Ji JD,Kim JS,Bak YT,Lee CH,Kim CH,Chae YS,Song GG

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:134 cationic human IgG myeloma proteins were studied for expression of anti-DNA Idiotypic markers. 64 were studied for 16/6, F4, 3I, and 8.12, and 70 for expression of F4 and 3I. 31.3% showed at least one anti-DNA Id marker and many cationic myelomas were also positive for anti-DNA ELISA reactivity as well as anti-F(a...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Williams RC Jr,Malone CC,Silvestris F

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bilateral temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis in a Chinese male patient with ankylosing spondylitis is presented. A review of the literature emphasizes the rarity of this arthro-pathology in ankylosing spondylitis. The importance in the recognition of this complication by clinical examination supplemente...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Chow TK,Ng WL,Tam CK,Kung N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficacy and toxicity of cyclosporine A (CsA) in combination with methotrexate (MTX) or hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fourteen patients with active RA who had failed to respond adequately to injectable MTX and 14 who had failed to respond to oral HCQ h...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Salaffi F,Carotti M,Cervini C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in patients who flare after a period of inactive disease, we conducted a retrospective chart review. We identified 24 records from SLE patients who had been tapered to 5 mg/day or less of prednisone for at least 3 months. No initial clinical disease ma...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Aranow C,Emy J,Barland P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In psoriatic spondylitis, the complication of cervical cord compression with myelopathy is rare. We present a case of psoriatic spondylitis causing cervical myelopathy which required surgical intervention, and review the literature of reported neurological complications in psoriatic spondylitis. ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Akagi S,Saito T,Kato I,Ogawa R

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against interleukin-1 alpha (aAb-IL-1 alpha) have previously been demonstrated in sera of healthy adults and in patients with inflammatory diseases. In the present investigation the occurrence of aAb-IL-1 alpha was examined by second antibody precipitation technique in sera from umbilical cords (n = 11), ch...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Müller K,Hansen MB,Zak M,Nielsen S,Pedersen FK,de Nully P,Bendtzen K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficacious management of patients with avascular necrosis of bone (AVN) necessitates the identification of patients with a high risk of collapse of the femoral head. In this prospective study we imaged both hips of 10 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis, who were treated with methylprednisolone pulse therapy. M...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： van Vugt RM,Sijbrandij ES,Bijlsma JW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole blood cell culture has great advantage over isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cell culture, because it needs only small amounts of blood and is fast to perform. The current report focuses on the measurement of IL-6 and TNF alpha produced by peripheral blood monocytes of patients with systemic lupus erythemat...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Swaak AJ,van den Brink HG,Aarden LA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcome and tolerability following treatment with samarium-153 particulate hydroxyapatite was evaluated in patients with persistent rheumatoid knee synovitis. The clinical review of 18 patients treated with intra-articular samarium-153 particulate hydroxyapatite combined with triamcinolone hexacetonide wh...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Clunie G,Lui D,Cullum I,Ell PJ,Edwards JC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the reliability of tender point assessment by manual palpation in patients with fibromyalgia, and to investigate the sources of variance, tender point scores by manual palpation were obtained in 30 fibromyalgia patients by 2 investigators; the assessments were repeated after 1 week. Test-retest stability ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Jacobs JW,Geenen R,van der Heide A,Rasker JJ,Bijlsma JW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three dissertations on arthritis in Latin by the Englishman William Musgrave have been reviewed to find possible descriptions of rheumatoid arthritis. Polyarticular long-lasting joint pain in women are the cases most probable to be rheumatoid arthritis. This was found in 18 of 150 case stories. In the general sections...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hansen SE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with familial Pelger-Huet (PH) anomaly, which accompanied tuberculosis, and acute polyarthritis is described. Investigations surrounding this case suggests that the immunological abnormalities may be associated with the PH anomaly and the tuberculosis, and that the complications may be related to the develop...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Suzuki N,Yasutake T,Ushiyama O,Hiida M,Ohta A,Yamaguchi M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain intensity, muscle strength, static muscle endurance, pressure pain threshold, and pain tolerance at tender points and control points were assessed in 31 patients with fibromyalgia (FM), before and after intravenous administration of morphine (9 patients), lidocaine (11 patients), and ketamine (11 patients). The t...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Sörensen J,Bengtsson A,Bäckman E,Henriksson KG,Bengtsson M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of crystal size in the biologic response, we quantitated the generation of reactive oxygen metabolites in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) or mononuclear leukocytes (MNs) with a chemiluminescence assay using 6 alpha-alumina preparations with average diameters of 0.6, 0.8, 3.2, 7.5, 28 and 6...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Nagase M,Nishiya H,Takeuchi H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative value of nine spinal and thoracic mobility measurements was investigated in 73 male patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The value of a test was obtained by the relative ranks of validity, reliability and sensitivity to change. Validity was determined as age-adjusted correlation of the test result w...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Viitanen JV,Kautiainen H,Suni J,Kokko ML,Lehtinen K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of PAF-acether (PAF), its specific degrading enzyme acetylhydrolase, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) concentrations in blood and synovial fluid (SF) from patients with active RA. The variations of the mediators were also evaluated after corticosteroid perfusions in 7 ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hilliquin P,Houbaba H,Aissa J,Benveniste J,Menkes CJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The changes in MR-determined synovial membrane volume, early synovial enhancement, and cartilage and bone erosions after osmic acid knee synovectomy were studied. Gadolinium-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of 18 knees with persistent arthritis was performed before and 1 month after treatment. The synovi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ostergaard M,Stoltenberg M,Gideon P,Wieslander S,Sonne-Holm S,Kryger P,Sonne M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-rays of 20 finger joints, 10 foot joints and 2 wrists of 50 female patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis of 10-15 years' duration from 1962, 1972, 1982 and 1992 were evaluated blindly for erosions. A highly significant decline was observed in erosions in finger joints. Erosions had also declined in wrists ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Heikkilä S,Isomäki H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports of the rheumatic manifestations of Campylobacter jejuni and C. fetus infections in adults are reviewed in order to determine the most common presentations and which individuals are at risk for rheumatic disease. Relevant English-language articles were identified through a Medline search and from bibliographies...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Peterson MC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a hospital population of 154 patients with a wide range of inflammatory rheumatic diseases, patients with sicca symptoms were subjected to objective ocular and oral tests to establish cases with Sjögren's syndrome (SS). The plasma level of the leukocyte protein calprotectin has been shown to be a good indicator of ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Brun JG,Cuida M,Jacobsen H,Kloster R,Johannesen AC,Høyeraal HM,Jonsson R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant thorn synovitis is an overlooked cause of monoarthritis, with difficulties in diagnosis and treatment (1). We report on a case of thorn induced synovitis, not confirmed by histopathology, but strongly suspected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), that visualizes the foreign body (first case reported). ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Maillot F,Goupille P,Valat JP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-six patients with lateral epicondylitis of the elbow (19 women, 17 men, median age 48 yrs) were treated either with active laser or placebo, 18 patients in each group. The active laser was a GA-AL-AS 30 mW/830 nm low power laser (LPL). The study design was double blind and randomized. The treatment session cons...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Krasheninnikoff M,Ellitsgaard N,Rogvi-Hansen B,Zeuthen A,Harder K,Larsen R,Gaardbo H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased catalytic activity of synovial-type (group II) phospholipase A2 (syn-PLA2), has been associated with cartilage erosions in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. The catalytic activity of phospholipase A2 and the concentration of syn-PLA2 were measured in a prospective study in synovial fluid (SF) samples ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Kortekangas P,Aro HT,Nevalainen TJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to study the long-term effect (2 years) of different training programs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The method was a randomized trial with 75 patients participating. The measured variables included morning stiffness, a pain score, number of swollen joints, a health assessment score, a funct...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hansen TM,Hansen G,Langgaard AM,Rasmussen JO

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to establish the benefit of an additional hypothetical laboratory criterion for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), comprising positivity for antikeratin antibody (AKA) and/or antiperinuclear factor (APF). The tests were applied to a series of 308 hospital patients with various recent-onset inflammator...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： von Essen R,Kurki P,Isomäki H,Okubo S,Kautiainen H,Aho K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This population study includes the majority of all systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in Iceland (n = 65). The study lists various self-rated pain descriptions both from a 54-item pain questionnaire and from the somatisation section of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). Results show SLE patients to have...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Líndal E,Thorlacius S,Stefánsson JG,Steinsson K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL2R) may be used as an index of immune perturbation. We report on the correlation between the serum levels of sIL2R, as assessed with a sandwich-ELISA, and disease activity in 61 patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and in 15 with systemic idiopathic vasculitis (SIV). The ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Danieli MG,Paoletti P,Recchioni A,Gabrielli A,Danieli G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison of clinical, immunological and HLA-D region antigen features was made between 22 patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) and 118 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), scleroderma or primary Sjögren's syndrome. The MCTD patients had hypergammaglobulinemia more often than did those ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hämeenkorpi R,Ruuska P,Forsberg S,Tiilikainen R,Mäkitalo R,Hakala M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the population of the city of Tampere, Finland, 66 patients with histologically verified temporal arteritis were identified during the 20-year period from 1969 to 89. The cases were followed up to March 31st in 1991. The annual age- and sex-adjusted incidence of temporal arteritis per 100,000 population aged 50 or ...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Rajala SA,Ahvenainen JE,Mattila KJ,Saarni MI

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linné and Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages, two botanists and physicians of the mideighteenth century, proposed systems for the classification of diseases. Their medical works have been examined for passages suggestive of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). References to gouty arthritis dominated in Linné's works. Sauvages des...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Hansen SE

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to relate postural control, as measured on a quantitative test battery as standing balance on an AMTI force platform, to results of muscle function of the lower extremities, aerobic capacity, disease characteristics, attitudes revealing anxiety, and demographic variables in patients wi...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ekdahl C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:219 metatarsal (MTP) and 69 metacarpal (MCP) capitulae obtained during surgery from patients with definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were histologically evaluated. This evaluation, focussing on primary pathways of joint destruction by tumor-like proliferated synovial cell masses revealed 3 pathways of aggression: Path...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Fassbender HG,Seibel M,Hebert T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that approximately one-third of patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) express high concentrations of antibodies marked by the rheumatoid factor cross reactive idiotype (RCRI) in their sera (6). In order to determine if an expression of RCRI is associated with certain clinical feature...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Ilowite NT,O'Reilly ME,Hatam L,Wedgwood JF,Bonagura VR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is the first report of the permeability status of nailfold capillaries in psoriatic arthritis (PA). "Traditional" nailfold capillary microscopy and intravital fluorescence videomicroscopy were carried out at the nailfold of 13 patients with PA. Twenty five healthy subjects served as controls for nailfold ca...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Grassi W,Core P,Carlino G,Cervini C

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is thought that glucocorticosteroids impair the clearance of immune complexes by the mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS). We studied the effect of a five day course of prednisone (1 mg/kg body weight per day) on MPS function in 10 healthy volunteers, using soluble radiolabeled aggregates of human immunoglobulin G as...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Halma C,Daha MR,Evers-Schouten JH,Pauwels EK,van Es LA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement activation products, C9 and C3-containing circulating immune complexes (CIC), were evaluated in plasma and synovial fluid (SF) from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis. C3 activation products and the fluid phase terminal complement complex were considerably elevated in SF from RA pati...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Olmez U,Garred P,Mollnes TE,Harboe M,Berntzen HB,Munthe E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis and release of collagenase in the presence of the neuropeptide substance P (SP) and capsaicin, were investigated in vitro using identical synoviocyte cultures from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). On average 10(-12) M SP augmented statistically significantly the collagenase production by approxim...

journal_title：Scandinavian journal of rheumatology

authors： Partsch G,Matucci-Cerinic M,Marabini S,Jantsch S,Pignone A,Cagnoni M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00