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Construct validity and reliability of ultrasound disease activity score in assessing joint inflammation in RA: comparison with DAS-28 [PDF]

Rheumatology, 2011
To investigate the construct validity and reliability of US DAS compared with 28-joint DAS (DAS-28) in assessing joint inflammation and in prediction of structural damage in patients with RA.Ninety patients with active RA were prospectively recruited and followed up during the 6 months of treatment. The patients underwent clinical, laboratory and X-ray
Nemanja, Damjanov, Goran, Radunovic, Slavica, Prodanovic, Vesna, Vukovic, Vera, Milic, Katarina, Simic Pasalic, Dragoslav, Jablanovic, Srdan, Seric, Sanja, Milutinovic, Nikola, Gavrilov   +9 more
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A study of the association between Galectin-9 gene (LGALS9) polymorphisms and rheumatoid arthritis in Egyptian patients

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2023
Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an incessant synovial inflammation of an autoimmune origin, destroying articular cartilages and bones. Galectins are an evolutionarily conserved family of immune-modulatory animal lectins detected in a number of ...
Seham Gouda Ameen, Magda Abd el-Aziz Zidan, Arwa S. Amer, Nessma Fathy Elshahat, Walid Abd Ellatif Abd Elhalim   +4 more
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A Proposed Composite Disease Activity Score for Extra-articular Manifestations in Rheumatoid Arthritis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Introduction: In Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), extra-articular disease is single most important cause of morbidity and mortality. Although DAS-28 score is used for disease assessment in RA, extra-articular manifestations are not included in the same ...
Bhaskar Thakur, Prasanta Padhan
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Comparison of Disease Activity Score (DAS)28- erythrocyte sedimentation rate and DAS28- C-reactive protein threshold values [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2007
To estimate the disease activity score (DAS)28-C-reactive protein (CRP) threshold values that correspond to DAS28-erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) values for remission, low disease activity and high disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.DAS28 data were analysed using a large observational study (Institute of Rheumatology Rheumatoid
Eisuke, Inoue, Hisashi, Yamanaka, Masako, Hara, Taisuke, Tomatsu, Naoyuki, Kamatani   +4 more
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Implication and utility of DAS-28 squeeze in rheumatoid arthritis: an Indian experience

Reumatismo, 2022
The purpose of this study was to compare and correlate disease activity score including 28 joints counts (DAS-28) Squeeze with DAS-28 and clinical disease activity index (CDAI) to assess disease activity (DA) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.
H. Singh, V.S. Tanwar, A. Kalra, A. Saini, S. Arora, N. Govil   +5 more
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Effect of Islamic Fasting on the Severity of Rheumatoid Arthritis [PDF]

Journal of Fasting and Health, 2020
Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory peripheral polyarthritis with unclear etiology. RA usually leads to joint deformity and cartilage destruction in joints of RA patients. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of
Shirin Assar, Pegah Almasi, Afshin Almasi   +2 more
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Assessment of correlation of fatigue in patients of rheumatoid arthritis using bristol rheumatoid arthritis fatigue multidimensional questionnaire score with disease activity – An Indian experience

Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2023
Background: Fatigue affects 40%–80% patients of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), impairing their quality of life. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess fatigue by means of Bristol RA Fatigue Multidimensional Questionnaire score (BRAF-MDQ) and ...
Harpreet Singh, Kusum Yadav, Ritu Sangwan   +2 more
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Vitamin D Levels Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Sudanese Patients: Prevalence and Correlation to Disease Activity – A Bicentric Study

Open Access Rheumatology: Research and Reviews, 2023
Mohamed Elfaith Mustafa Mohamed,1,2 Ziryab Imad Taha,1,3– 5 Salih Boushra Hamza,2,5 Yassin A Abdalla,2,5 Sufian K Noor,6 Jimmy William5,7 1Rheumatology Speciality Department, Sudan Medical Specialization Board, Khartoum, Sudan; 2Department of Internal ...
Mustafa Mohamed ME, Imad Taha Z, Hamza SB, Abdalla YA, Noor SK, William J   +5 more
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FRI0627 DOES ADDING AN US EXAMINATION OF SHOULDERS, TO A ROUTINE DAS-28 SCORE, IMPROVE ACCURACY OF DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORES AND DISEASE STATUS? RESULTS OF A SINGLE CENTRE PILOT STUDY [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2019
Background The DAS28 forms the mainstay of current RA and other chronic inflammatory arthritis (CIA) [i.e. peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA)] management in clinical practice. DAS28 has certain limitations. Some joints especially the shoulders are difficult to evaluate correctly using this method.
Qasim Akram, Lara Valor, Iustina Janta, Juan Carlos Nieto, Letitia Garcia, Belen Serrano, Teresa Pedrosa, Francisco J. López-Longo, Indalecio Monteagudo Sáez, Esperanza Naredo   +9 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. Additionally, toxic granulations were assessed as an indicator of disease severity. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Sarah Azam Shah, Taqdees Khaliq, Khadija Iftikhar, Saad Saleem   +3 more
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