The aim of this study is to present a general picture of patients who applied to the rheumatology outpatient clinic in the first 16 months of the COVID-19pandemic. Patients who applied to the rheumatology outpatient clinic between March 2020 and August 2021 were included in ...
Rheumatic diseases are a diverse group of chronic diseases united by the presence of chronic inflammation, usually of unknown cause, affecting structures of the musculoskeletal system, blood vessels, and other tissues. From: Textbook of Pediatric Rheumatology (Seventh Edition), 2016 ...
Traditionally, treatments have developed empirically, and only later have efforts been made to account for mechanisms of action. The modern approach, however, involves the screening of a large number of promising agents and their analogues, using both animal models and in vitro systems. In ...
To many physicians and patients, arthritis associated with a positive rheumatoid factor test is rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Unfortunately, such is not the case, and rheumatoid factor (RF) is not pathognomonic for RA. RA is currently best diagnosed using the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)...
A significant step forward in paediatric rheumatology has been the recent development of an internationally agreed classification system which uses the overall term juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The various subtypes of JIA and their clinical features are described, together with an overview of ...
3 Notably, with the exception of chondroitin when used for OA of the hand, dietary supplements are not recommended by the 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee.4 Nonetheless, patients often resort to ...
T Pincus,CM Stein - 《Clinical & Experimental Rheumatology》 被引量: 384发表: 1997年 Do antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection? Controversy surrounds the role of central venous catheters (CVCs) impregnated with antimicrobial agents in the prevent...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex heterogeneous autoimmune disease with a wide variety of clinical and serological manifestations that may af... D D'Cruz - 《Current Rheumatology Reports》 被引量: 694发表: 1980年 Rituximab in systemic lupus erythematosus A systematic review of off-la...
Professor Anthony Hollander, Arthritis Research Campaign Professor of Rheumatology and Tissue Engineering at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, has been working in the field of cartilage biology and arthritis research for nearly 20 years (Figure B7.1.1). His major research focus has ...
Rheumatology Part 1 of 2 Jane E.Dacre,Jennifer G.Worrall, inMedicine, 2010 Autoimmune rheumatic diseasesare multisystem conditions that can present with locomotor system problems. It is important to ask about non-specific symptoms of systemic disease (fever, night sweats, anorexia, weight loss, fa...