Severe stomatitis caused by misuse of methotrexate in an elderly patient with chronic rheumatoid arthritis

Author(s):  
Kohta Yamada ◽  
Kei Tomihara ◽  
Manabu Yamazaki ◽  
Makoto Noguchi
2004 ◽  
Vol 93 (8) ◽  
pp. 1622-1624
Author(s):  
Kikuko Ota ◽  
Yoshitaka Kumon ◽  
Ayako Ishibashi ◽  
Tosihiro Takao ◽  
Kozo Hashimoto

Heart ◽  
1940 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Benatt ◽  
H. J. Taylor

1996 ◽  
Vol 184 (5) ◽  
pp. 1791-1800 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Scotet ◽  
J David-Ameline ◽  
M A Peyrat ◽  
A Moreau-Aubry ◽  
D Pinczon ◽  
...  

Rheumatoid arthritis is a multistep disorder associated with autoimmune features of yet unknown etiology. Implication of viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis has been suspected on the basis of several indirect observations, but thus far, a direct link between EBV and rheumatoid arthritis has not been provided. Here we show that a large fraction of T cells infiltrating affected joints from a patient with chronic rheumatoid arthritis recognizes two EBV transactivators (BZLF1 and BMLF1) in a major histocompatibility complex-restricted fashion. Responses to these EBV antigens by synovial lymphocytes from several other chronic rheumatoid arthritis patients were readily detectable. Thus these results suggest a direct contribution of EBV to chronic rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis. They also demonstrate for the first time the occurrence of T cell responses against EBV transactivating factors, which might be central in the control of virus reactivation.


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