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Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio as an Inflammatory Marker in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: To determine the role of Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio as an inflammatory marker in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study.
Muhammad Qasim Khan Tareen, Nauman Ismat Butt, Saima Khan, Sandeep Kumar   +3 more
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Validity and reliability of CDAI in comparison to DAS28 in Iraqi patients with active rheumatoid arthritis

مجلة كلية الطب, 2012
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity plays a central role in causing disability both directly and via indirect effects mediated through joint damage.
Faiq I. Gorial
doaj   +1 more source

Potential role of calprotectin as a monitoring biomarker for clinical and sonographic activity and treatment outcome in recent-onset rheumatoid arthritis

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2016
Background Calprotectin is a protein released during the activation and turnover of leukocytes. It can be used as a biomarker of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Amal F Soliman, Basant M Elnady, Raneyah H Mahmoud Shaker, Amira I Mansour   +3 more
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Vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis and association of disease activity with various laboratory parameters

Journal of Orthopaedic Diseases and Traumatology, 2019
Background: The aim was to validate the association between Vitamin D level and rheumatoid arthritis (RA); evaluate association of stages of disease activity with various parameters such as serum Vitamin D level, RA factor level, anti-cyclic ...
Ravi Kumar, Kishore Kunal, Neeraj Kumar
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index-5: an easy and effective way of monitoring patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2019
Objective To study the utility of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index-5 (RADAI-5) as a valid tool for daily rheumatoid arthritis (RA) monitoring and to compare its predictability to assess RA activity with respect to Disease Activity Score 28
Vikram S Tanwar, Harpreet Singh, Anjali Saini, Gagandeep Sukhija, Sameer Arora, Ankit Kalra   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pattern of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Minia Governorate [PDF]

Minia Journal of Medical Research, 2020
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease. It is characterized by destruction of bone and cartilage, persistent synovitis and chronic disability that leads to structural joint damage causing deformity. Aim of the work: Was
Ahmed Ismail, Doaa Bani Sayed, Rawhyea Abdel-Tawab   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlation of disease activity score using erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein with clinical disease activity index in rheumatoid arthritis patients

Indian Journal of Rheumatology, 2019
Background: Most patients coming to government hospital are from lower socioeconomic class and do not always get investigations done like ESR or CRP. A purely clinical index like CDAI would be a useful measure in such resource poor settings.
Viraj Panchal, Puja Srivastava, Dhaiwat Shukla, Devang Rana, Supriya Malhotra, Sapan Pandya   +5 more
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The Relationship Between Hand Grip and Pinch Strengths and Disease Activity, Articular Damage, Pain, and Disability in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Archives of Rheumatology, 2013
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the relationship of hand grip and pinch strengths with disease activity, functional impairment, functional disability, articular damage, pain, and disease duration in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Meryem DEDEOĞLU, Ümit GAFUROĞLU, Özlem YILMAZ, Hatice BODUR   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Disease Activity (Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index-5) in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Association With Quality of Life, Pain, Fatigue, and Functional and Psychological Status

Archives of Rheumatology, 2015
Objectives: This study aims to determine disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index-5 (RADAI-5), and to evaluate its association with the quality of life, pain, fatigue, and functional and ...
İsmihan SUNAR, Yeşim GARİP, Özlem YILMAZ, Hatice BODUR, Şebnem ATAMAN   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources