a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint...
of joints affected by acute leukemia is discussed in detail. the text describes in depth the incidence and associations of agammaglobulinaemia. the incidence, manifestations, and treatment of atypical mycobacterial infection are presented completely. a chapter is devoted to the diagnosis of ...
Radiographs of all joints with arthritis were obtained. Starting ten years ago, a radiograph of the sacroiliac joint was taken routinely. RESULTS: Joint manifestations were present in more than half the patients (56.57%) and were inaugural in 18.23% of cases. The knees and ankles were the ...
[...]1991, both Queen Mary Hospital and Grantham Hospital started to charge patients for the expensive medical items including artificial joints for patients of rheumarthritis and otherjoint diseases,pacemaker for heartdiseasepatients, filter for blood transfusion for patients of thalassemia and anti-an...
Ultrasound (US) has become an important tool in the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but it is time consuming in clinical practice. We compared 3 US indices (with different numbers of joints) with disease activity measured by the 28-Joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28) in order to fi...
of human cadavers up to about two weeks following death, and can be grown in vitro. A composition can be delivered to a recipient by intra-articular injection. Examples of joints into which a composition can be injected include a knee joint, a hip joint, a shoulder joint, an ankle joint...
The relative contribution of various joints to the disease status assessment tools, VAS scores, and functional disability indexes was analyzed using multiple regression analysis.ResultsThe wrist showed the most significant contribution overall, especially in DASs and VASs, while the metacarpophalangeal and...
Affected joints were similar—the knees, ankles, wrists, elbows, proximal interphalangeal joints, and metacarpophalangeal joints (in order of frequency)The clinical and laboratory features were similarAll children and adults received therapeutic dosages of NSAIDs (aspirin or naproxen) Chronic arthritis...
The meaning of ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the spine and sacroiliac joints and often other joints (as of the shoulder) and that is marked by pain and stiffness —called also Marie-Strümpell disease, rheumatoid s
Collagenous disease is characterized by the development of a subepithelial collagen band thicker than 10 mm in the small intestine. From: Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease (Ninth Edition), 2010 Featured on this page