dutch patients with rheumatoid arthritis have antibodies to proteus

... (0.8 to 1.5) 0.69 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) 0.66 HAQ 1.9 (1.1 to 3.4) 0.03 2.5 (1.3 to 5.0) 0.01 1.5 (0.6 to 3.7) 0.41 ESR (> 20 mm/h) 5.2 (2.4 to 11.1) < 0.001 5.5 (2.2 to 13.7) < 0.001 4.6 (1.2 to 17.0) ... (1.3 to 8.5) 0.01 2.2 (0.6 to 8.3) 0.23 IgM RF (> 25 U/ml) 1.7 (0.8 to 3.3) 0.14 3.4 (1.5 to 7.8) 0.005 3.8 (1.0 to 14.2) 0.05 DMARD use 2.1 (1.0 to 4.3) 0.05 2.9 (1.3 to 6.3) 0.009 2.5 (0.8 to ... study of hand bone densitometry in rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Rheum 1995, 38:1204-1210 Stewart A, Mackenzie LM, Black AJ, Reid DM: Predicting erosive disease in rheumatoid arthritis A longitudinal...

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... presenting with rheumatic manifestations: a mimic of rheumatoid arthritis J Rheumatol 1996, 23:979-983 17 Toubi E, Zuckerman E, Kessel A, Rozenbaum M, Rosner I: IgA rheumatoid factor in patients with ... Exp Rheumatol 2003, 21:524 18 Kessel A, Rosner I, Zuckerman E, Golan TD, Toubi E: Use of antikeratin antibodies to distinguish between rheumatoid arthritis and polyarthritis associated with hepatitis ... criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Rheum 1988, 31:315-324 Vasishta A: Diagnosing early-onset rheumatoid arthritis: the role of anti-CCP antibodies Am Clin Lab 2002, 21:34-36...

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... (HC) patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (IL-10R1) healthy controls expression of type interleukin-10 receptor and from on Cell surface from on CD4+ T cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis ... controls (HC) patients with rheumatoid arthritis phosphorylation of signal+transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) and STAT3 in CD4+ T cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ... blocker cytotoxic T-cell-associated antigen (CD152)-IgG in RA patients [23] 20 Without With IL-6 (10 ng/ml) in normal CD4 (a) Activation + T cells by serum IL-6 from patients with rheumatoid arthritis...

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... longitudinal study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Rheum 1995, 38:44-48 Fransen J, Stucki G, Riel van PLCM: Rheumatoid arthritis measures Arthritis Rheum (Arthritis Care Res) 2003, ... adjustment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis not optimally responding to a standard dose of infliximab of mg/kg every weeks can be effective: a Belgian prospective study Rheumatology 2005, ... physician’s clinical judgement of response to infliximab therapy in rheumatoid arthritis patients: validation of the DAS28 score in patients under infliximab treatment Arthritis Res Ther 2005, 7:R1063-R1071...

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... bars) and patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n = 16, gray bars) and patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n = 16, gray bars) The concentrations of IFN-γ upon co-incubation with (a) epinephrine ... in patients with rheumatoid arthritis J Rheumatol 2003, 30:1928-1934 van Roon JA, van Roy JL, Duits A, Lafeber FP, Bijlsma JW: Proinflammatory cytokine production and cartilage damage due to rheumatoid ... healthy donors (HDs) (white bars) and patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (gray bars) rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (gray bars) The ratios between the raw cytokine values of (a) IFN-γ and interleukin...

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... Clinical characteristics of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and control subjects Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (n = 89) Patients with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis (n = 66) Control ... in younger patients, women, and patients with inflammatory diseases [11,12] For example, in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), another rheumatic disease associated with increased ... among patients with early RA, patients with long-standing RA, and control subjects There were more smokers among patients with early and late RA than among control subjects, and patients with...

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... treatment with infliximab plus methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis patients who had no clinical improvement: a detailed subanalysis of data from the antitumor necrosis factor trial in rheumatoid arthritis ... and soluble receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand in serum of rheumatoid arthritis patients and their normalization after anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha treatment Arthritis Rheum ... (g/cm2) Patients with neck osteopenia (n [%]) Patients with lumbar osteopenia (n [%]) 93 (49) 40 (45) 53 (54) NS Patients with neck osteoporosis (n [%]) 37 (20) 18 (20) 19 (19) NS Patients with...

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... mortality in a community based cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis J Rheumatol 2002, 29:62-67 11 Situnayake RD, Kitas G: Dyslipidemia and rheumatoid arthritis Ann Rheum Dis 1997, 56:341-342 ... of gluten improves the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis: the effects on arthritis correlate with a reduction in antibodies to food antigens Rheumatology (Oxford) 2001, 40:1175-1179 Arnett ... with rheumatoid arthritis Circulation 2003, 107:1303-1307 Wolfe F, Freundlich B, Straus WL: Increase in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease prevalence in rheumatoid arthritis J Rheumatol...

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... longitudinal study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Rheum 1995, 38:44-48 Ekdahl C, Eberhardt K, Andersson SI, Svensson B: Assessing disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Use ... FM, total, kg 25.8 (22.8 to 28.7) 27.9 (23.4 to 32.5) FM, total, % 37.8 (35.7 to 39.9) 31.7 (28.1 to 35.2) FMI, kg/m2 FFM, total, kg FFMI, kg/m2 8.8 (6.5 to 11.4)a 8.6 (7.2 to 9.9) 42.0 (40.6 to ... associated with less body cell mass in women with rheumatoid arthritis J Rheumatol 2004, 31:23-29 Elkan AC, Engvall IL, Tengstrand B, Cederholm T, Hafstrom I: Malnutrition in women with rheumatoid arthritis...

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... axis and autonomic nervous system responsiveness in rheumatoid arthritis Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006, 1069:77-97 Cutolo M, Straub RH: Stress as a risk factor in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis ... (DNIC) in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis Eur J Pain 2002, 6:161-176 26 Wendler J, Hummel T, Reissinger M, Manger B, Pauli E, Kalden JR, Kobal G: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis ... MR, Medeiros YS: Tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-2 soluble receptor and different inflammatory parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Mediators Inflamm 2002, 11:345-349 Matsuzaki...

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... cancers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and after treatment with tumour necrosis factor antagonists Ann Rheum Dis 2005, 64:1421-1426 Wolfe F, Michaud K: Biologic treatment of rheumatoid arthritis ... 95% CI: 0.54 to 1.01) No difference was found for patients not exposed to biologics Comparison of patients with and without incident tumors in patients with no prior cancer Overall, patients who ... upon cancer incidence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have had prior malignancy: Results from the BSRBR Arthritis Rheum 2008, 58:S638-S639 Strangfeld et al Arthritis Research & Therapy...

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... affected in these patients Goldenberg [5] reported that joint outcome is poor in rheumatoid arthritis patients compared to non -rheumatoid patients In addition patients with rheumatoid arthritis are ... are more likely to have a recurrence of disease when compared to those without rheumatoid arthritis [6] It is also important to note that patients who had their treatment initiated within days had ... infection among patients with rheumatoid arthritis versus patients with osteoarthritis or soft tissue rheumatism Arthritis Rheum 1988, 31:667-671 Ostensson A, Geborek P: Septic arthritis as a...

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... medications for rheumatoid arthritis Ann Intern Med 2008, 148:124-134 Schwartzman S, Fleischmann R, Morgan GJ Jr: Do anti-TNF agents have equal efficacy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis? Arthritis ... through cognitive debriefing interviews that were conducted with a new group of patients Five patients with CD and five patients with RA took part in these cognitive debriefing interviews Six of ... groups such as younger patients and those with a history of fainting following injection [11,12] There is a need to assess the patients experience with self-injection, and to gauge their success...

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... of patients with rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Rheum 1995, 38:44-48 31 Kirwan JR, Reeback JS: Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire modified to assess disability in British patients with rheumatoid ... NSAIDs/COX II, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs/cyclooxygenase II inhibitors; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; RF, rheumatoid factor; Univariate analysis Patients in the LE and ME groups were older ... Elisaf MS, Kitas GD: Long-term exposure to medium-dose glucocorticoid therapy associates with hypertension in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatology (Oxford) 2008, 47:72-75 Pasquali...

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... patients with rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Res 2002, 4:117-125 28 Firestein GS, Alvaro-Gracia JM, Maki R, Alvaro-Garcia JM: Quantitative analysis of cytokine gene expression in rheumatoid arthritis ... cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis Annu Rev Immunol 1996, 14:397-440 Feldmann M, Brennan FM, Maini RN: Rheumatoid arthritis Cell 1996, 85:307-310 Koch AE, Kunkel SL, Strieter RM: Cytokines in rheumatoid ... IL-1-induced IL-6 and leukemia inhibitory factor production by rheumatoid arthritis synoviocytes and its regulation by Th2 cytokines J Immunol 1998, 161:409-414 R191 Arthritis Research & Therapy R192...

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... histomorphology (skin biopsy) and angiogram All the patients in this group had joint erosions Patients Forty-two patients (26 women, 16 men, age 24–74 years, mean 51.7 years) with rheumatoid arthritis ... and rheumatoid factor To examine whether the presence of large numbers of CD4+CD28– T cells in patients with RA is predictive of disease manifestation, the patients were allocated according to ... JJ: Resistance to apoptosis and elevated expression of Bcl-2 in clonally expanded CD4+CD28- T cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients J Immunol 1998, 161:1018-1025 17 Warrington KJ, Takemura...

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... together with IFN-gamma receptor in the rheumatoid synovial membrane compared with synovium of patients with osteoarthritis Br J Rheumatol 1996, 35:24-32 Stiehl P: Histologie der Rheumatoid- Arthritis ... Cys–X–Cys receptor (CXCR)3 protein in synovial tissue from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients Localization of strong CXCR3 protein signals in mast cells within the sublining areas of rheumatoid synovial ... nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; RF, rheumatoid factor; SE, synovectomy; TJR, total joint replacement commonest histopathologic characteristics of synovial tissue from RA patients In contrast,...

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... peptidoglycans in joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other arthritides Arthritis Rheum 2000, 43:593-598 Krieg AM: CpG DNA: a pathogenic factor in systemic lupus erythematosus? J Clin Immunol ... comparison of mtDNA-positivity in plasma samples from patients with RA Percentages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and control subjects with mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) amplifiable by polymerase chain ... ng/ml, and Figure Levels of 8-oxodG in the SF of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and of control subjects The SF samples from patients with RA (n = 49) and non-arthritic controls (n =...

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... trial of interferon-β-1a in patients with rheumatoid arthritisa Response, according to ACR criteria, of subjects in a trial of β interferon-β-1a in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Adverse event ... Maini RN: Infliximab and methotrexate in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis with Concomitant Therapy Study Group N Engl J Med 2000, 343:1594-1602 ... Burge DJ: A trial of etanercept, a recombinant tumor necrosis factor receptor:Fc fusion protein, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving methotrexate N Engl J Med 1999, 340:253-259 12...

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... tests measured on patients with rheumatoid arthritis tional performance scale (oval on left) from extract the global funcDiagram of the factor analysis conducted toprimary rheumatology functional ... primary rheumatology function tests measured on patients with rheumatoid arthritis The three primary variables are represented by squares The numbers next to arrows from the extracted to the primary ... distribution of the with primary rheumatology function tests (grip strength, walking velocity, timed button test, and the global physical function scale) for 779 patients with rheumatoid arthritis The...

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