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A comparison of 3 rheumatoid arthritis disease activity indices in routine clinical practice

Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2017
Objective: The objective of this study was to appraise the correlation and agreement of RAPID 3 with DAS 28 and CDAI in terms of measuring disease activity/severity and for monitoring response to treatment at 2 and 4 month follow up.
Amit Kumar Das, Rathindra Nath Sarkar, Chandan Kumar Das, Ritasman Baisya, Urmimala Bhattacharjee, Pallab Biswas, Akashdip Bhattacharya   +6 more
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The role of magnetic resonance enterography and diffusion-weighted imaging in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease compared to endoscopic and clinical activity scores: pilot study

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2023
Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is considered as significant cause of morbidity in children with a global rise in its pediatric onset recently.
Gehad Ahmad Saleh, Ahmed Abdel Khalek Abdel Razek, Sara Ibrahim Awad, Mohamad Abd El Rahaman Shokeir, Ahmed Megahed   +4 more
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Influence of Ambient Air Pollution on Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Score Index

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune of an unknown etiology. Air pollution has been proposed as one of the possible risk factors associated with disease activity, although has not been extensively studied.
Ahmad R. Alsaber, Jiazhu Pan, A. Al-Herz, Dhary S. Alkandary, A. Al-Hurban, P. Setiya, On Behalf Of The Pac-Copd Study Group   +6 more
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SCORE performance in Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union: MONICA and HAPIEE results [PDF]

, 2013
Aims: The Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) scale assesses 10 year risk of fatal atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), based on conventional risk factors.
Kubinova, R, Vikhireva, Olga, Simonova, G, Skodova, Zdena, Tamosiunas, A, Tamosiunas, Abdonas, Vikhireva, O, Pikhart, Hynek, Skodova, Z, Pikhart, H, Pajak, Andrzej, Broda, Grazyna, Malyutina, S, Malyutina, Sofia, Pajak, A, Kubinova, Ruzena, Simonova, Galina, Bobak, Martin, Broda, G, Bobak, M, Broda, Grażyna B.   +20 more
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Development of a multi-biomarker disease activity test for rheumatoid arthritis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Disease activity measurement is a key component of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management. Biomarkers that capture the complex and heterogeneous biology of RA have the potential to complement clinical disease activity assessment. OBJECTIVES: To
Michael Centola, Guy Cavet, Yijing Shen, Saroja Ramanujan, Nicholas Knowlton, Kathryn A Swan, Mary Turner, Chris Sutton, Dustin R Smith, Douglas J Haney, David Chernoff, Lyndal K Hesterberg, John P Carulli, Peter C Taylor, Nancy A Shadick, Michael E Weinblatt, Jeffrey R Curtis   +16 more
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Reliability and validity of the Vitiligo Signs of Activity Score (VSAS)

British Journal of Dermatology, 2020
The associations between disease activity and several clinical signs in vitiligo have been described, but a widely accepted and validated scoring system is lacking.
N. van Geel, Thierry Passeron, A. Wolkerstorfer, Reinhart Speeckaert, Khaled Ezzedine   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The ultrasound 7 score in the assessment of synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: correlation with clinical disease activity indices

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2017
Objective The aim of the paper was to assess value of ultrasound 7 score (US7) in the detection of synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its correlation with clinical disease activity indices.
Shereen R Kamel, Hanaa A Sadek, Fatma A Mohamed, Manal F Abu Samra, Haidy M Osman   +4 more
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The effect of three years of TNF alpha blocking therapy on markers of bone turnover and their predictive value for treatment discontinuation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a prospective longitudinal observational cohort study [PDF]

, 2012
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of three years of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) blocking therapy on bone turnover as well as to analyze the predictive value of early changes in bone turnover markers (BTM) for ...
Eveline van der Veer, Anneke Spoorenberg, Arends, S., Houtman, P.M., Cees G.M. Kallenberg, Leijsma, M.K., Brouwer, E., Reinhard Bos, Elisabeth Brouwer, Kallenberg, C.G., Martha K. Leijsma, Groen, H., Groen, H.; id_orcid, van der Veer, E., Bos, R., Spoorenberg, A., Henk Groen, Suzanne Arends, Pieternella M. Houtman   +18 more
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Elevated Levels of sLAG-3 as a Possible Biomarker in Graves’ Disease With and Without Thyroid Eye Disease: A Prospective Observational Case–Control Study

Medicina
Background and Objectives: The pathogenesis of thyroid eye disease (TED) is driven by interactions between orbital fibroblasts and immune cells. Lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3) is an immune checkpoint molecule with a similar structure to the T ...
Katarzyna Cieplińska, Emilia Niedziela, Edyta Jagielska, Iwona Pałyga, Anna Słuszniak, Aldona Kowalska   +5 more
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Correlation Of Clinical Disease Activity Index And Disease Activity Score-28 in Indonesian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Indonesian Journal of Rheumatology, 2017
Background:Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) stands out amongst other methods in measuring disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient.
Mochamad Pasha, Harry Isbagio, Zuljasri Albar, Cleopas Martin Rumende   +3 more
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