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Relation of body mass index to disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]

Minia Journal of Medical Research, 2022
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine body mass index and its relation to disease activity in patients with RA.Methods: Sixty RA patients fulfilling the 2010 ACR/EULAR RA Classification Criteria were included in the study.
Doaa Mohamed, Ahmed Ismail, Nadia Mohamed, Rasha Ghaleb   +3 more
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The Role of Galectin-3 in The Diagnosis and Evaluation of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Jurnal Biota, 2023
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that primarily affects small joints, leading to joint inflammation, pain, and limited mobility.
Shihab Mahmood Almurshedi, Raad Abdulameer Alasady Alasady, Hashim Ali Alsherees, Ali M. Almohana, Kareem Gali Aljayashi, Dhifaf Hameed Almudhaffer   +5 more
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The Role of Interleukin-22 in The Diagnosis and Evaluation of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis

مجلة الكوفة الطبية, 2023
Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that primarily affects small joints, resulting in joint inflammation, pain, and limited mobility.
Shihab Almurshedi, Raad Alasady
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Association of positive psychological variables with disease activity, functional disability and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a preliminary study

Reumatismo, 2023
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease which has shown positive correlations between negative psychological variables and disease activity in transversal studies and in the follow-up. However, the association of positive psychological
K.C. Meléndez-Monreal, A.J.L. Brambila-Tapia, V. González-Díaz, S. Cerpa-Cruz, S.R. Gutiérrez-Ureña, M.d.C. Yeo-Ayala, R. Robles-García, G.E. Martínez-Bonilla   +7 more
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Effect of vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms on disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2021
Background The full etiology of RA remains unclear; in addition to the contributions of infectious, hormonal, and environmental factors, several lines of evidence have suggested that the disease has a genetic basis.
Rehab A. Sallam, Bassant S. Saad, Mona A. El Wassefy, Basma A. EL Kady   +3 more
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Red Cell Distribution Width and Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio as A New Biomarker for Severity in Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Comparison with DAS 28 ESR Score

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: To determine the association of red cell distribution width (RDW)and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)with the severity of rheumatoid arthritis by using DAS28 ESR.
Sarah Azam Shah, Taqdees Khaliq, Khadija Iftikhar, Saad Saleem   +3 more
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Evaluation of CD4+/CD25+/high/CD127low/- Regulatory T Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Immunology, 2021
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common rheumatoid disease of unknown etiology, determined by the articular cartilage destruction and bone loss. The hallmark of RA is the defect in immune tolerance.
Samaneh Delavari, Mehri Ghafourian, Elham Rajaei, Karim Mowla, Ata Ghadiri   +4 more
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Efficacy and drug persistence of baricitinib monotherapy is similar to combination therapy in patients with active RA: a prospective observational study

RMD Open, 2022
Background Baricitinib (BARI) is approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after failure of conventional synthetic and biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (cs/bDMARDs) in combination with methotrexate (MTX) or as monotherapy ...
Georg Schett, Johannes Knitza, Gerhard Krönke, David Simon, Koray Tascilar, Sara Bayat, Daniela Bohr, Fabian Hartmann   +7 more
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Eccentric Versus Concentric Exercises in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: A Randomized Comparative Study [PDF]

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023
Objective To determine the efficacy of concentric vs. eccentric exercise in improving shoulder function, pain, and tendon characteristics for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and rotator cuff tendinopathy.
Mina Magdy Wahba, Mona Selim, Mohammed Moustafa Hegazy, Rasmia Elgohary, Mohammed Shawki Abdelsalam   +4 more
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The association between thyroid dysfunction, autoimmune thyroid disease, and rheumatoid arthritis disease severity

BMC Endocrine Disorders, 2023
Background Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) are the two most prevalent coexisting autoimmune diseases due to their similar pathogenesis.
Mohammad Amin Yazdanifar, Mahsa Bagherzadeh-Fard, Mohammad Amin Habibi, Mostafa Vahedian, Mohammad Bagherzadeh, Maryam Masoumi   +5 more
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