[PDF] Top 20 A Study on the Extra-Articular Manifestations of Rheumatoid Arthritis

... OF STUDY: Descriptive study PERIOD OF STUDY: One year METHODOLOGY: This is a descriptive study on the extra -articular manifestations of RA in 100 cases of ... See full document

... with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and citrullination of proteins may play a key role in the pathogenesis of ...two extra-articular manifestations of RA, interstitial pneumonia (IP) and ... See full document

... this study prevalence and type of anemia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and it’s correlation with disease activity were ...the study population was ...a study by Agarwal et al ... See full document

... Many rheumatoid arthritis patients with joint pain refuse the indicated synovectomy, joint arthroplasty, or similar surgical procedures, opting instead to receive intra-articular injections of ... See full document

... our study that-most of the pulmonary manifestations of RA are usually related to the duration of RA and age of the patient, with exception of pleural effusion, which is more prevalent early in the ... See full document

... The future may see additional agents being used as adjuncts. An example would be the use of statin agents. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl- coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) have significant benefits toward ... See full document

... Although it is not possible to predict which patients will develop pulmonary toxicity, patients with underlying rheumatoid pleural or pulmonary disease may be at increased risk. Clinical presentations vary and may ... See full document

... the study of OA and RA, early re- ports on proteomics techniques in arthritis research are ...a study by Kato and coauthors on the compari- son of protein profiles from serum in patients with RA ... See full document

... Not surprisingly, the radiographic changes in our pa- tients were correlated both with disease duration and age. For elderly RA patients comorbidity with osteo- arthritis (OA) cannot be excluded. How these joint ... See full document

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... The autoimmune reaction in RA consists of activated CD4 + T cells, and probably B lymphocytes, and how they are initially activated are still unknown. The T cells apparently function mainly by stimulating other cells in ... See full document

... The possibility was considered that the low values in the rheumatoid patients could have been a distribu- tional effect dependent upon a gradual equilibra- tion of the injected material [r] ... See full document

... Referring rheumatologists are encouraged to report ExRA manifestations occurring in these patients to the register. All reported ExRA cases (n = 35) were reviewed and classified according to the study ... See full document

... other study was a small 6-month trial of etanercept in 26 patients with early RA; it provided no substantial evidence that this treatment had an important impact on cachexia, though there was some evidence that ... See full document

... Scleritis occurs with the same percentage as episcleritisdoes, In RA 4% - 10%. RA is a common cause of Scleritis. Scleritis may be diffuse, nodula, or necrotizing. Patients with non-necrotizing scleritis usually have ... See full document

... patients with RA and peripheral neuropathy whose nerve and/or muscle biopsy specimens exhibited necrotizing vasculitis. Morphologic analysis of nerve specimens included light and electron microscopy studies and teased ... See full document

... The extra- articular manifestations of RA can occur at any age after ...its manifestations, the American College of Rheumatology in 1987 developed revised criteria for the classification of RA ... See full document

... our study were that other causes of possible primary pulmonary hypertension like porto-pulmonary hypertension, Human Immunodeficiency virus infections were not ruled out before ascribing pulmonary hypertension to ... See full document

... recent study by Yen et al, the genotypes HLA–C*03 and HLA–C*05 were found to be significantly more fre- quent in patients with rheumatoid vasculitis than in those without vasculitis ... See full document

... inflammatory arthritis such as RA, the universal consensus is to treat, to alleviate synovitis and to achieve clinical ...Our study shows that maintaining remission is also crucial to prevent the ... See full document