The Effect of Physical Activity on Elderly Woman with Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes joint inflammation. Elderly, especially women are more susceptible to RA due to hormonal factors.
Ayuningtyas Yanusman
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Symptom complexes at the earliest phases of rheumatoid arthritis: a synthesis of the qualitative literature [PDF]
Objective: Understanding the features and patterns of symptoms that characterise the earliest stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is of considerable importance if patients are to be identified and started on treatment early.
Aletaha +57 more
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Structure and pathogenicity of antibodies specific for citrullinated collagen type II in experimental arthritis [PDF]
Antibodies to citrulline-modifi ed proteins have a high diagnostic value in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, their biological role in disease development is still unclear.
Aho +69 more
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Rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis [PDF]
Periodontal disease or periodontitis is an inflammatory disease caused by a dysbiotic microflora and results in progressive destruction of the dental surrounding tissues, including the periodontal ligament, cementum and alveolar bone.
Fadia Rahal, Amina Mezari, Fella Hanni
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The EULAR–OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis MRI reference image atlas: the metacarpophalangeal joints [PDF]
This paper presents the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint magnetic resonance images of the EULAR–OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis MRI reference image atlas. The illustrations include synovitis in the MCP joints (OMERACT RA magnetic resonance imaging scoring ...
Bird, P. +10 more
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Immunological findings in relatives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and systemic inflammatory disease, with a very complex genetic component, being the most common rheumatic inflammatory disease.
Madalina-Pusa Duna +6 more
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RNA-seq analysis of synovial fibroblasts brings new insights into rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune-disease of unknown origin that primarily affects the joints and ultimately leads to their destruction.
Daniel P Heruth +4 more
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Identification of a cytokine network sustaining neutrophil and Th17 activation in untreated early rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]
© 2010 Cascão et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and ...
AF Mourao +50 more
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Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a surgical procedure which is widely used in the treatment of gonarthrosis secondary to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The incidence of stress fractures in tibia in the patients with RA is higher compared to normal patients ...
Fahri Erdogan +3 more
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The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on foot function in the early stages of disease: a clinical case series [PDF]
BACKGROUND Foot involvement occurs early in rheumatoid arthritis but the extent to which this impacts on the structure and function leading to impairment and foot related disability is unknown. The purpose of this study was to compare clinical disease
Emery, P. +3 more
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