Influence of physical treatment on disease activity and health status of patients with chronic arthritis [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2008 Introduction This is an open uncontrolled study about effects of physical treatment on disease activity parameters of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. Objective The aim of the study was to establish if there was any improvement
Mustur Dušan +2 more
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COVID-19 among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients on Immunosuppressive Therapy During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Prospective Comparative Study [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2022 Background and aim of the work: COVID-19 has multiple challenges among risky cases like rheumatoid arthritis patients. So, this study was done to look for COVID-19 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and compare the severity and outcome of COVID-19 ...
Amgad Rabia +3 more
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Metabolites, 2022 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive autoimmune disease that affects the joints. It has been proven that, with the development of RA, there are changes in the metabolism of cells located in the focus of inflammation.
Alexander V. Blagov +5 more
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EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS IS THE CAUSE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Rheumatology, 2018 Aim. Many studies presented some evidence that EBV might play a role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. Still, there are conflicting reports concerning the existence of EBV in the synovial tissue of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.
Katarina Barukčić +2 more
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Early rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by a distinct and transient synovial fluid cytokine profile of T cell and stromal cell origin [PDF]
, 2005 Pathological processes involved in the initiation of rheumatoid synovitis remain unclear. We undertook the present study to identify immune and stromal processes that are present soon after the clinical onset of rheumatoid arthritis ( RA) by assessing a ...
Lee, CY +28 more
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Knocking out Fcgr1 of dorsal root ganglion attenuates the activation of NF-κB/NLRP3 pathway in a rat model of rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]
Jichu yixue yu linchuang, 2021 Objective To explore the mechanism of peripheral neurons FcγRⅠ regulating pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis. Methods Rheumatoid arthritis models were established in 14 wild-type SD rats and 7 Fcgr1 conditional knockout rats.
LIU Fan, SU Si, WANG Tao, YUAN Bo, MA Chao
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Diagnostic and Predictive Values of IL-6 in a Group of Iraqi Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
مجلة كلية الطب, 2023 Background: Researchers have found that interleukin 6 (IL-6) plays a crucial regulatory function in the onset and progression of a wide range of inflammatory disorders.
Abeer Maulan Mohammed +4 more
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A case-control study of rheumatoid arthritis identifies an associated single nucleotide polymorphism in the NCF4 gene, supporting a role for the NADPH-oxidase complex in autoimmunity [PDF]
, 2007 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease with a heritability of 60%. Genetic contributions to RA are made by multiple genes, but only a few gene associations have yet been confirmed.
Klareskog, Lars +25 more
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Assessment of Plasma Level of CTHRC-I in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Iraqi Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic progressive, autoimmune disease that affects about 1.5% of the community. New markers are needed for early diagnosis of RA as seronegativity in early RA remains a major limitation of both anti ...
Sahar Alwan, Raja Abdul-Ridha, Alaa Ali
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A case of Caplan syndrome in a recently diagnosed patient with silicosis: A case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2018 Rheumatoid pneumoconiosis, also known as Caplan's syndrome is defined as the association between silicosis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is a rare and usually diagnosed in an advanced stage of RA course.
Zeineb Alaya, PhD +4 more
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