Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is prevalent in many Indigenous North American First Nations (FN) and tends to be seropositive, familial, and disabling, as well as associated with highly unfavorable outcomes such as early mortality. The risk of developing...
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), being in paid work is very important, and it increases self-esteem and financial independence. Although the management of RA has changed in the last 15 years to early aggressive treatment and the introduction of biologic treatments, many patients still...
The Impact of Biologic Therapy on Rheumatoid Arthritis生物学治疗对类风湿性关节炎的影响 J. M. van Laar, Editor in Chief of Rheumatology Journal, speaks with Dr. Joachim Listing, of the German Rheumatism Research Centre, about the impact of biologic therap
The objective is to compare the time to fulfillment of 1987 and 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria between female and male patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to assess the potential impact of gender on the time to DMARD therapy. Time from first provider-documented joint swelling to ...
Introduction : The Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, systemic disease that is usually the most evident and commonly manifested on diarthrosis joints. The initial etiological factors that trigger the immune-inflammatory response still remains unknown. RA is result of the simultaneous...
Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: the impact of disease activity, treatment with glucocorticoids, TNFalpha inhibitors and rituximab. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015;74(2): 415-421.Listing J, Kekow J, Manger B, et al. Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: the impact of disease activity, treatment with ...
A large number of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis have been studied in order to better delineate the sociomedical problems experienced by patients with this chronic disease. Two hundred forty-five respondents were surveyed by use of a detailed questionnaire and interview, and the results indicate...
People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) identify pain as their most important symptom, one that often persists despite optimal control of inflammatory disease. RA pain arises from multiple mechanisms, involving inflammation, peripheral and central pain processing and, with disease progression, structural cha...
HLA polymorphism and early rheumatoid arthritis in the Moroccan population ObjectivesRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune multifactorial disease which has a great socio-economic impact in Morocco. The association of HLA gene... O Atouf,K Benbouazza,C Brick,... - 《Joint Bone Spine Revue ...
of Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis: Key Features � Symptoms >6 weeks’ duration � Often lasts the remainder of the patient’s life � Inflammatory synovitis � Palpable synovial swelling � Morning stiffness >1 hour, fatigue ...