Plasma Viscosity in the Monitoring of Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

References

• Anderson J J, Felson D T, Meenan R F, Williams HJ. Which traditional measures should be used in rheumatoid arthritis trials?. Arthritis Rheum 1989; 32: 1093–9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harkness J. The viscosity of human blood plasma; its measurement in health and disease. Biorheology 1971; 8: 171–93
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Crockson R A, Crockson AP. Relationship of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate to viscosity and plasma proteins in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1974; 33: 53–6
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hutchinson R M, Eastham RD. A comparison of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate and plasma viscosity in detecting changes in plasma proteins. J Clin Pathol 1977; 30: 345–9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bradlow B A, Haggan JM. A comparison of the plasma viscosity and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate as screening tests. S Afr Med J 1979; 55: 415–20
   Google Scholar
• Crook L, Liu P I, Gladsden R H, Turner RE. Erythrocyte sedimentation, viscosity, and plasma proteins in disease detection. Ann Clin Lab Sci 1980; 10: 368–76
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alexander G JM, Blake D R, Holman R L, Bacon PA. Predictive value of paired plasma and serum viscosity in early rheumatic conditions. Br Med J 1981; 282: 1198
   Google Scholar
• Dixon JS. Relationship between plasma viscosity or ESR and Ritchie articular index. Br J Rheumatol 1984; 3: 233–5
   Google Scholar
• Larkin J G, Low G DO, Sturrock R D, Forbes CD. The relationship of plasma and serum viscosity to disease activity and smoking habit in rheumatoid arthritis. Br J Rheumatol 1984; 23: 15–9
   Google Scholar
• Bull B S, Levy W C, Westengard J C, Farr M, Smith P F, Apperley J F, Bacon P A, Stuart J. Ranking of laboratory tests by consensus analysis. Lancet 1986; ii: 377–80
   Google Scholar
• Gudmundsson M, Bjelle A. Viscosity of plasma and blood in rheumatoid arthritis. Br J Rheumatol 1993; 32: 774–9
   Google Scholar
• Kelly C A, McClelland J, Fail B, Walker D. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, plasma and serum viscosity as measures of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. Br J Rheumatol 1987; 26: 136–8
   Google Scholar
• Bull B S, Westengard J C, Farr M, Bacon P A, Meyer P J, Stuart J. Efficacy of tests used to monitor rheumatoid arthritis. Lancet 1989; ii: 965–7
   Google Scholar
• Dinant G J, Habets G PA, van der Tempel H, Knottnerus JA. Discriminating ability of plasma viscosity and erythrocyte sedimentation rate; a prospective study at the rheumatology out-patient department. Scand J Rheumatol 1992; 21: 186–9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pickup M E, Dixon J S, Hallett C, Bird H A, Wright V. Plasma viscosity — a new appraisal of its use as an index of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1981; 40: 272–5
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ernst E, Thies W, Matrai A, Seichert N, Schöps P, Magyarosy I, Kraft-Kupfer A, Schattenkirschner M. Hemorheological abnormalities in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Hemorheology 1987; 7: 591–8
   Google Scholar
• Dixon J S, Pickup M E, Lowe J R, Hallett C, Lee M R, Wright V. Discriminatory indices of response of patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with D-penicillamine. Ann Rheum Dis 1980; 39: 301–11
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Bendix G, Bjelle A. Outcome of parenteral gold therapy in RA patients: A comparison between two periods using life-table analysis. Br J Rheumatol 1991; 30: 407–12
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Arnett F C, Edworthy S M, Bloch D A, McShane D J, Fries J F, Cooper N S, et al. American Rheumatism Association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1988; 31: 315–24
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Waaler E. On the occurrence of a factor in human serum activating the specific agglutination of sheep blood corpuscles. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1940; 7: 172–88
   Google Scholar
• Wolfe F, Hawley DJ. Remission in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1985; 12: 245–52
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Huskisson EC. Assessment for clinical trials. Clin Rheum Dis 1976; 2: 37–49
   Google Scholar
• Ritchie D M, Boyle J A, McInnes J M, Jasani M K, Dalakos T G, Grieveson P, et al. Clinical studies with an articular index for the assessment of joint tenderness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Q J Med 1968; 37: 393–406
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Safari M, Bjelle A, Gudmundsson M, Högfors C, Granhed H. Clinical assessment of rheumatic diseases using visco-elastic parameters for synovial fluid. Biorheology 1990; 27: 659–74
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gudmundsson M, Odén A, Bjelle A. On whole blood viscosity measurements in healthy individuals and in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Biorheology 1994; 31: 407–16
   Google Scholar
• Borovieczeny K G, Dintenfass L, Fukada E, Harkness J, Lewis S M, Phillips M J, et al. Recommendation for a selected method for the measurement of plasma viscosity. International Committee for Standardization in Haematology. J Clin Pathol 1984; 37: 1147–52
   Google Scholar
• Gudmundsson M, Bjelle A. Plasma, serum and whole-blood viscosity variations with age, sex and smoking habits. Angiology 1993; 44: 384–91
   Google Scholar
• Böttiger L E, Svedberg CA. Normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate and age. Br Med J 1967; 2: 85–7
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morrison DF. Multivariate statistical methods. New York; McGraw Hill 1967; 169: 213–8
   Google Scholar
• Brownlee KA. Statistical theory and methodology in science and engineering.2nd ed. John Wiley & sons, New York 1965
   Google Scholar
• Brismar J. Understanding receiver-operating-characteristic curves: A graphic approach. Am J Roentgenol 1991; 157: 1119–21
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Cox DR. The analysis of binary data. Methuen, London 1970
   Google Scholar
• Harkness J AL, Richter M B, Panayi G S, van De Pette K, Unger A, Pownall R, et al. Circadian variation in disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. Br Med J 1982; 284: 551–4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sitton N G, Taggart A J, Dixon J S, Surrall K E, Bird HA. Circadian variation in biochemical assessments used to monitor rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1984; 43: 444–50
   Google Scholar
• Ehrly AM. Circadian rhythm of blood viscosity. Clin Hemorheology 1986; 6: 279–82
   Google Scholar
• Mallaya R K, Berry H, Mace B EW, Beer F C, Pepys MB. Diurnal variation of erythrocyte sedimentation rate related to feeding. Lancet 1982; ii: 389–90
   Google Scholar
• Rhind V M, Bird H A, Wright V. A comparison of clinical assessments of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1980; 39: 135–7
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dinant G J, Van Wersch J WJ, Goeithe H S, Knottnerus JA. Plasma viscosity and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in inflammatory and non-inflammatory rheumatic disorders. Clin Rheumatol 1992; 11: 66–71
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar