(2) Albumin rose during the follow-up period (P less than 0.05) in the treated patients, being more marked in both Rheum E and Rheum E + Captopril groups.
(3) (Arthritis Rheum 33:1449-1461, 1990) and the controlled trials of methotrexate reported by Weinblatt et al.
(4) Semiquantitative scoring methods for cartilage loss and osseous erosions developed by Sharp (Arthritis Rheum 1971; 14: 706-720) and Larsen (Scand J Rheum 1973; 2: 136-138) have established standards for sensitivity and interobserver reliability.
(5) Panax notogenseng and Magnolia officinalis were discovered to be sensitive, Prunus mume and Corydalis yanhusuo were moderate sensitive, and Coptis chinensis and Rheum palmatum highly sensitive to HP.
(6) It is concluded that long-term low-dose Rheum E taken orally is beneficial to CRF.
(7) They were divided into three groups, namely, Rheum officinale Baill, Rheum palmatum L, and Rheum tanguticum Maxim ex Balf.
(8) To determine the extent of antiviral activity present in a number of plant extracts, hot glycerin extracts were prepared from Rheum officinale, Aloe barbadensis, Rhamnus frangula, Rhamnus purshianus, and Cassia angustifolia and their virucidal effects were tested against herpes simplex virus type 1.
(9) Direct addition of hot water extracts of Rheum officinale rhizome, Scutellaria baicalensis root, Paeonia moutan bark and Zingiber officinale rhizome also inhibited AA biotransformation, while the extracts of Coptis japonica rhizome and Paeonia lactiflora root showed no effects.
(10) The regime of Rheum E and Captopril is a preferable choice in the long-term treatment for preventing progression of CRF.
(11) Rheum, a well known herb unique in its cathartic effect is now introduced to prevent progression of uremia.
(12) (Arthritis Rheum 33:330-338, 1990), suggesting that observational studies provide valid measurements of treatment effect.
(13) A clinical trial, to evaluate the effects of a Chinese herbal drug, Rheum E and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, Captopril on chronic renal failure (CRF), was conducted.
(14) The herbs Rheum palmatum B and Polygonum cuspidatum S are frequently used as laxatives and anticancer drugs in Chinese medicine.
(15) To explore the mechanism of therapeutic effects of Rheum on CRF, a series of experimental studies were performed.
(16) The results indicate that electrical activity of colon is obviously excited by rhubarb (Rheum tanguticum).
(17) Recently, McDaniel, et al (Arthritis Rheum 1987;30:894) reported a statistically significant association between ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and the presence in Pvu II digested genomic DNA of a 9.2 kb restriction fragment hybridizing with an HLA-B7 cDNA probe.
(18) Only rhubarb root (Rheum officinale) was found to have significant activity and the purified active substance was identified as rhein.
(19) Note that eye, ‘tis rheum o’erflows; Pity’s flood there never rose, See those hands, ne’er stretched to save, Hands that took, but never gave: Keeper of Mammon’s iron chest, Lo, there she goes, unpitied and unblest, She goes, but not to realms of everlasting rest!
(20) 1) Cell-free extracts prepared via acetone powder from rhizome of Rheum rhaponticum were found to be capable of converting p-coumaroyl-CoA and [2-14C]malonyl-CoA into a 3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene, resveratrol.
Rheumatism
Definition:
(n.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart.
Example Sentences:
(1) 278 children with bronchial asthma were medically, socially and psychologically compared to 27 rheumatic and 19 diabetic children.
(2) Although the incidence of acute rheumatic fever has declined in the last decades, a few outbreaks have recently been reported.
(3) No cases of rheumatic fever and no acute nephritis appeared in spite of the vigorous immune response to both cellular and extracellular antigens of group A streptococci documented in 50% to 80% of patients, suggesting that strain variation may be a feature of rheumatogenicity as well as nephritogenicity of group A streptococcal pharyngitis.
(4) A case of post streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis co-existing with acute rheumatic fever is reported.
(5) Capillary neogenesis, probably in reaction to subclinical cutaneous vascularity, was detected in 59% of cases (86% of subjects presenting extra-articular rheumatism).
(6) In 53 patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis we performed echocardiographic study in order to define anatomic and functional alterations.
(7) Seventeen patients were diagnosed as having primary rheumatic carditis, 9 presented with tonsillogenic rheumatic carditis, and 16 had viral rheumatic carditis.
(8) However, antibodies to native DNA and to nuclear ribonucleoprotein were found in a variety of systemic rheumatic diseases.
(9) The Council on Rehabilitative Rheumatology of the American Rheumatism Association, through the Education Subcommittee, surveyed directors of 69 approved rehabilitation medicine residency training programs to assess the nature of training in rehabilitative-rheumatology and whether the directors believed this training to be adequate.
(10) Arthrography before isotope synoviorthesis of the fingers and wrists was carried out in 185 patients suffering from inflammatory rheumatic conditions.
(11) This study has identified a new marker, antibodies against a nuclear RNP protein of 56 KD for detecting muscle involvement among the autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
(12) Mitral valve leaflets were smooth and white in a patients without mitral valvular disease, while the leaflets were yellow, thick and irregular, and blood regurgitation from the left ventricle into the left atrium could be observed in two patients with rheumatic MSR.
(13) Immunological functions were investigated in 10 children with acute rheumatic fever and 11 children with acute nephritis to try and elucidate the cause of heart damage in acute rheumatic fever.
(14) In patients suffering of latent rheumatism with a subminimal activity, no increased number of circulating eosinophils is observed.
(15) 107 Consecutive patients with rheumatic valvular heart disease (41 males, 66 females, average age 24.2 years) being followed at an Ethiopian cardiology referral clinic were examined and questioned about their experience of hemoptysis.
(16) In summary, our findings support the view that implication of CD8(+)-T-cell activation is different in the pathogenesis of each rheumatic disease.
(17) The weakening of rosette-forming function of lymphocytes, a decrease in a mitogenic response to PHA, dysimmunoglobulinemia, imbalance in antibody production, particularly hyperproduction of cardial antibodies in rheumatic fever were observed as was marked delayed-type hypersensitivity to tissue antigens, more frequently to purified cardial antigens--to myocardial cell membranes and myosin.
(18) In conclusion, rheumatic disease is still a frequent cause for surgical replacement of the aortic valve.
(19) The authors present four cases of rheumatic heart disease with severe dilatation of the left atrium which reached the right profile in the radiologic study.
(20) The accent in rheumatism orthopedics should gradually shift toward early preventive operation.