The Journal of rheumatology
J Rheumatol
· ISSN (print) 0315-162X
· 13 papers in corpus
observational
2024
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate and compare different case definitions for chronic pain to provide estimates of possible misclassification when researchers are limited by available electronic health record and administra…
case-report
2003
observational
2001
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic widespread pain (CWP) in a population based cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS: Patients in a prospective survey on newly diagnosed IBD wer…
case-report
2000
OBJECTIVE: To describe our experience with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients receiving protease inhibitor therapy who presented with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder. METHODS: Between July 1996 and December 1999, 8 HI…
case-report
1997
Inflammatory vasculopathy and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are rare complications of scleroderma. We report a 54-year-old woman with limited cutaneous scleroderma who developed medium size and small vessel vasculitis. Inflammat…
nonrandomized-trial
1995
OBJECTIVE: To determine the efficacy of danazol for refractory autoimmune thrombocytopenia or Evans' syndrome complicating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: We studied 16 consecutive patients with SLE and corticosteroid refracto…
lab-animal
1994
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of the estrogen antagonist, tamoxifen, on the development and the course of experimental murine systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS: SLE was induced in naive BALB/c female mice by injection of th…
case-report
1991
We describe a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) complicated by severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Therapy with corticosteroids, splenectomy, azathioprine, chlorambucil, and intravenous immunoglobulin was unsuccessful. She res…
case-report
1988
Danazol, an inhibitor of pituitary gonadotropin, has been proposed in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report the case of a female patient with SLE in whom a hepatocellular carcinoma was discovered after 4 years of tr…
case-report
1988
A 41-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis developed massive breast enlargement while taking penicillamine. Her endocrine evaluation was unremarkable, and the breast enlargement resolved with danazol therapy. Penicillamine may increase b…
case-report
1987
A 45-year-old woman developed simultaneously a form of palmar and digital fibromatosis and an unusual polyarticular disorder with painful capsular contraction. The features of the bilateral shoulder involvement were consistent with the adhe…
case-report
1985
Breast enlargement is an unusual complication of D-penicillamine therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. We observed breast enlargement and hyperprolactinemia in a woman receiving D-penicillamine for systemic sclerosis. Treatment with danazol was…
other
1983
Seven patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were treated with Danazol in a controlled study. Phenomena observed in some patients treated with Danazol were: 1) decrease in immunoglobulins and antibodies to native DNA; 2) increases…