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...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, debilitating disease that significantly impacts patients' quality of life and socioeconomic productivity. On a personal level, RA has a significant socioeconomic impact on patients' lives, being ranked among the highest of all chronic diseases for its effect ...
Impact of rheumatoid arthritis in the public health system in Santa Catarina, Brazil: a descriptive and temporal trend analysis from 1996 to 2009 Impact of rheumatoid arthritis in the public health system in Santa Catarina, Brazil: a descriptive and temporal trend analysis from 1996 to 2009... ...
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...
A chronic autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is marked by inflammation that takes a progressive toll on not only the joints, but also various organs and the whole body. RA sufferers, as many studies have shown, tend to face a high risk for early death, increasing with the severi...
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
Mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: the impact of disease activity, treatment with glucocorticoids, TNFa inhibitors and rituximab. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015;74(2):415-421.Listing J, Kekow J, Manger B, Burmester GR, Pattloch D, Zink A, et al. Mortality in rheuma- toid arthritis: the impact of...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common systemic autoimmune diseases, and one of the least understood. Smoking is the major known environmental risk factor for RA, though little is known about the mechanisms involved. HLA-DR shared epitope (SE) genes are a widely recognized genetic...
The case of rheumatoid arthritis, current research and some problems. Most attention has been devoted to the perception of control, coping and the effects of cognitive distortions. The introduction of these constructs have ... L,O,Persson,... - 《Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology》 被引量: ...
Background The RAID is a patient reported outcome (PRO) measure evaluating the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on patients' quality of life. It comprises 7 domains (pain, function, fatigue, physical and psychological wellbeing sleep disturbance and coping), that are evaluated as continuous ...