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Validation of a score tool for measurement of histological severity in juvenile dermatomyositis and association with clinical severity of disease. [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVES: To study muscle biopsy tissue from patients with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) in order to test the reliability of a score tool designed to quantify the severity of histological abnormalities when applied to biceps humeri in addition to ...
Pilkington, Clarissa A, Varsani, Hemlata, Marie, Suely KN, Lundberg, Ingrid E, Sallum, Adriana M E, Banwell, Brenda, Sallum, Adriana ME, Corse, Andrea M, Charman, Susan C, Jacques, Thomas S, Amato, Anthony A, Bove, Kevin E, Emslie-Smith, Alison M, Marie, Suely K N, Holton, Janice L, Nennesmo, Inger, Rushing, Elisabeth J, UK Juvenile Dermatomyositis Research Group, Li, Charles K, Amato, Anthony, Minetti, Carlo, Sewry, Caroline, Wedderburn, Lucy R, Bove, KE, Banwell, B, Varsani, H, Emslie-Smith, AM, Marie, SKN, Corse, AM, Li, CK, Jacques, TS, Amato, AA, Charman, SC   +32 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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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
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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
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Dry eye disease and high disease activity score (DAS-28) in rheumatoid arthritis: an underrated combination

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2023
Objective: To determine the association of dryness of eyes with rheumatoid arthritis severity. Method: The cross-sectional, observational study was conducted at the Jinnah Medical College Hospital, Karachi, from December 2020 to May 2021, and comprised adult patients of either gender with rheumatoid arthritis who were diagnosed on the basis of clinical
Muhammad Ishaq, Ghauri, Rizwan Ali, Khawaja, Syeda Khaula, Fatima, Faryal, Nawab, Amir, Hussain   +4 more
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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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Evaluation of serum nitric oxide level and its relationship with disease activity parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2020
Aim: Nitric oxide (NO) is a molecule known to play a role in many physiological and pathological events in the body. It is thought to play an active role in inflammation.
Hülya Deveci, Zeliha Cansel Özmen
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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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Influence of age and gender on the 28-joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28) in rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2008
To investigate the influence of age and gender on the components of the 28-joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to clarify whether a high DAS28 can be equally interpreted in all age groups, independent of gender.A prospective cohort of 553 patients with RA was studied for approximately 20 years after ...
Radovits, B.J., Fransen, J., Fransen, J., van Riel, P.L.C.M., Laan, R.F.J.M.   +4 more
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Equivalência métrica do Disease Activity Score (DAS 28) e Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS) na artrite idiopática juvenil

, 2012
A atividade da artrite pode ser avaliada por diferentes instrumentos. Na Artrite Reumatóide (AR) o Disease Activity Score (DAS 28) e na Artrite Idiopática Juvenil (AIJ) o Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS) são utilizados na prática ...
Capela, Renata Campos [UNESP]
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