Disease Activity Score 28
Disease activity score 28 is a good predictor of cardiovascular disorders in egyptian patients with rheumatoid arthritis
... heart disease, even in the absence of RA 22 ...increased disease duration, and markers of disease activity (DAS28 (CRP), ESR, and ...47.2%) 28, 29 ...
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Is the state of health of rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving adequate treatment, predictable? Results of a survey
... calculate disease activity like Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS 28) [30] or Clinical disease activity index (CDAI) [31], as a decision was reached not to ...
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Long term efficacy and safety of antitumour necrosis factor alpha treatment in rhupus: an open label study of 15 patients
... DAS 28 (A), SLEDAI (B), glucocorticoid dose (C) and EULAR response (D) in patients with rhupus treated by ...DAS 28, Disease Activity Score 28; EULAR, European League Against ...
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<p>Achieving comprehensive remission or low disease activity in rheumatoid patients and its impact on workability – Saudi Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry</p>
... of disease activity and reduced ...and disease-specific data were collected. Disease Activity Score-28 (DAS-28) was used to define patients as low (DAS-28 ...
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Comparative evaluation of the effects of treatment with tocilizumab and TNF α inhibitors on serum hepcidin, anemia response and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients
... Major disease activity indicators and iron-related parameters including serum hepcidin-25 were monitored before and 2, 4, 8, and 16 weeks after the initiation of ...and Disease Activity ...
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Attainment and characteristics of clinical remission according to the new ACR EULAR criteria in abatacept treated patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: new analyses from the Abatacept study to Gauge Remission and joint damage progression in methotrexate (MTX) naive patients with Early Erosive rheumatoid arthritis (AGREE)
... low disease activity (LDA) within 6 months [1, 2], and then regularly assessed for sustained remission ...the Disease Activity Score (DAS)28 (score of ...residual ...
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Comparison of the impact of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F and Methotrexate treatment on radiological progression in active rheumatoid arthritis: 2 year follow up of a randomized, non blinded, controlled study
... Clinical Disease Activity Index; CRP: C-reactive protein; DAS28: 28-joint count Disease Activity Score; DMARD: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug; ESR: Erythrocyte ...
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Evaluation of tocilizumab therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis based on FDG PET/CT
... the disease activity score (DAS) 28, DAS28-CRP, simplified disease activity index (SDAI) and clinical disease activity index (CDAI) in RA patients receiving ...
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How age and sex affect the erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C reactive protein in early rheumatoid arthritis
... RA disease activity measures [2], and the 28-joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28) ...RA disease activ- ity as early, fast and complete as possible [7,8], this slow ...
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Low dose oral prednisone improves clinical and ultrasonographic remission rates in early rheumatoid arthritis: results of a 12 month open label randomised study
... four-variable disease activity score among 28 joints (DAS28) was computed as the disease activity measure at each ...Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) as ...
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The phenotype and genotype of rheumatoid arthritis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
... the Disease Activity Score (DAS-28) was calculated [11] as well as the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ index) [12] to assess functional ...
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Common Evaluations of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Reach Discordant Classifications across Different Populations
... of disease activity states in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be achieved through disease activity indices, such as the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints ...
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Predictors of remission with etanercept methotrexate induction therapy and loss of remission with etanercept maintenance, reduction, or withdrawal in moderately active rheumatoid arthritis: results of the PRESERVE trial
... Clinical Disease Activity Index; CI: Confidence interval; CRP: C-reactive protein; DAS28: Disease Activity Score in 28 joints; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ETN: ...
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Patient global assessment in measuring disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a review of the literature
... the 28-joint Disease Activity Score ...to disease activity ...the score of 0, 10, or 100 according to the scale used, and the timing ...of disease activity ...
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Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologics, based on risk factors found in a retrospective study
... the Disease Activity Score in 28 joints score and erythrocyte sedimen- tation rate (DAS28 ESR), coexisting pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus (DM), ratio of patients who ...
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Ten years of change in clinical disease status and treatment in rheumatoid arthritis: results based on standardized monitoring of patients in an ordinary outpatient clinic in southern Norway
... clinical disease status and treatment in an RA outpatient clinic population monitored with recommended outcome measures over a 10-year ...of disease activity (Disease Activity ...
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The prevalence and types of discordance between physician perception and objective data from standardized measures of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity in real-world clinical practice in the US
... RA disease activ- ity remains low [7, 8, ...RA disease activity, as indicated by a 10 year longitudinal evaluation ...of disease activity, has also been observed in the literature [13 – ...
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Alteration of matrix metalloproteinase 3 O glycan structure as a biomarker for disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis
... RA activity and other inflammatory conditions such as infectious ...with disease activity indi- ces (DAIs) is superior in acute phase proteins compared with serum MMP-3 [12, ...RA-specific ...
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Endothelial progenitor cell number is not decreased in 34 children with Juvenile Dermatomyositis: a pilot study
... enter the blood stream by chemokines or angiogenic growth factors [7]. There are two major methods to iden- tify EPC by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS). The first uses both CD34 + and VEGFR2 + biomarkers be- ...
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... antioxidant activity (TAA) and increased levels of lipid peroxides induces the loss of homeostasis in vascular system that eventually elaborates the degeneration of vascular endothelium in arthritic patients and ...
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