Abstract.Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease. Antioxidants intake and body antioxidants status are important in patients with RA. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between dietary intake of some ...
Abstract.Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disorder in which the disease severity might be decreased by anti-inflammatory agents. There are several lines of evidence which support anti-...
Abstract. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease in which oxidative stress could play a substantial pathological role. Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) has been known as a “universal” and “ideal” antioxidant. The purpose of this study was to ...
Background: Cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality are increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our study aim was to determine the relationship between carotid artery intima-media wall thickness (IMT) and flow-mediated endothelium-...
Background: Atherosclerosis is emerging as an important complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with coronary artery disease being projected as the major cause of mortality in these patients.This study was undertaken to evaluate the presence of ...
Pulmonary involvement is the most frequent extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis. The occurrence of a chronic hydro-pneumo-thorax associated with pulmonary nodules is rare. Cavitation of the most superficial nodules and their rupture into ...
Persisting pain after TKA is a frequent problem. The most frequent differential diagnoses are aseptic loosening, malpositioning or a prosthetic joint infection. Retropatellar pain, functional or psychosomatic cause should be taken into account, too. An ...
Pancytopenia and SplenomegalyAbstract. Felty’s syndrome is the clinical diagnosis of a rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis together with splenomegaly and neutropenia that was first described by A.R. Felty in 1924. The level of ...
CME Rheumatology 23: Rheumatoid Arthritis Following COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 InfectionAbstract. Individuals with rheumatic diseases, especially those on immuno-modulating treatment, have an increased risk of infection. ...
CME Rheumatology 23/Answers: Rheumatoid Arthritis Following COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 InfectionAbstract. Individuals with rheumatic diseases, especially those on immuno-modulating treatment, have an increased risk of infection. ...
CME Rheumatology 24: DISH of the Hand and Undifferentiated PolyarthritisAbstract. We present a case with undifferentiated, unclassified polyarthritis and with peripheral diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). We ...
CME Rheumatology 24/Answers: DISH of the Hand and Undifferentiated PolyarthritisAbstract. We present a case with undifferentiated, unclassified polyarthritis and with peripheral diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (...