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Comparison of Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score and Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index tools in assessment of axial spondyloarthritis activity [PDF]

Rheumatology
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is an inflammatory joint disease, in which the dominant symptom is inflammatory back pain. It affects approximately 1% of the population, with a higher incidence in males.
Katarzyna Małgorzata Wiąk-Walerowicz, Ewa Wielosz   +1 more
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The prevalence and correlation of depression and anxiety with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology, 2023
Introduction Depression and anxiety share similar symptoms with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and these conditions are often not diagnosed or overlooked in RA.
Sousan Moudi, Behzad Heidari, Behnaz Yousefghahari, Reza Gholami, Hemmat Gholinia, Mansour Babaei   +5 more
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Vitamin D status in women with rheumatoid arthritis: frequency of hypovitaminosis, associations with disease activity, body composition and comorbidity

Терапевтический архив, 2021
Aim. To evaluate the status of vitamin D in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and establish its associations with comorbidity, disease activity, and body composition components. Materials and methods.
Olga V. Dobrovolskaya, Natalia V. Toroptsova, Oksana A. Nikitinskaya, Elena Y. Samarkina, Mariia V. Cherkasova, Aleksei Y. Feklistov   +5 more
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Receptors expressions on peripheral lymphocytes and CD4+CD183+ as a diagnostics biomarker for rheumatoid arthritis: A case–control study in Ghana

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, 2023
Background T cell receptors play important roles in the development and progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Their involvement has been reported in inflammatory autoimmune diseases.
Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Tonnies Abeku Buckman, Kwame Yeboah‐Mensah, Ebenezer Senu, Alfred Effah, Daniel Antwi‐Berko, Dzifa Dey, Maxwell H. Antwi, Joseph Yorke, Andy O. Boateng, Akwasi M. Addei, Muniru M. Tanko, Richard Boateng   +12 more
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The Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Impact on Disease Activity, Functional Level, and Psychological Status [PDF]

International Journal of Medical Arts, 2022
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis [RA] is a type of progressive disease characterised by inflammation in the synovial tissues resulting in deformity and functional impairment.
Adel Azzam, Mohamed Lamlom, Ahmed Khalifa, Hatem Ibrahim   +3 more
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A Cross-sectional Study on Grip Ability Test and its Relation with “Hy” Band: Surrogate Marker for Amyloidosis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Introduction: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease of autoimmune origin. The disease has specific predilection for small joints of the body especially joints of the hand.
KR Senthil Kumari, GJ Swetha Varsha
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Impact of HCV Eradication on Rheumatoid Arthritis Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Concomitant HCV Infection [PDF]

Zagazig University Medical Journal, 2023
Background and aim of work: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with concomitant hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection tend to have higher disease activity than patients with no HCV.
Dina Abd El Ghafar, Islam Elzayyadi, Aya Abd Allah, Sherine Gaafar, Eman Bakr   +4 more
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Effect of an 8-Week Yoga-Based Lifestyle Intervention on Psycho-Neuro-Immune Axis, Disease Activity, and Perceived Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Various external stressors and environmental challenges lead to the provocation of the immune system in autoimmune diseases like Rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Surabhi Gautam, Manoj Kumar, Uma Kumar, Rima Dada   +3 more
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Effect of neridronate on axial involvement in patients with spondyloarthritis when biologics are not possible. Results of a monocentric study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
IntroductionThis study aims to examine the potential effectiveness of intravenous neridronate (IVNer) on axial involvement in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) refractory to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) but not eligible for ...
Chiara Crotti, Raffaele Di Taranto, Raffaele Di Taranto, Francesco Orsini, Francesco Orsini, Matteo Ferrito, Matteo Ferrito, Massimo Varenna, Ennio Giulio Favalli, Ennio Giulio Favalli, Roberto Caporali, Roberto Caporali   +11 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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