THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

tobacco use, advancing age, comorbid diabetes mellitus (DM), and osteoporosis. The objective of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and severity of periodontitis in a population of United States (U.S) veterans with RA, making comparisons to a group of p[r]

B. Read the passage and choose the best anwers to the questions. WHO World Health Organization (WHO), a specialized agency of the United Nations with its headquarters in Geneva, was established in 1948. According to its constitution, it is “the directing a[r]

white Protestant families who had been in theUnited States for at least three generations).Results showed both similarities and differencesin the interpretation, meaning, and reactions topain between ethnic groups. For instance, someethnic groups viewed the ability to endure painas a s[r]

RA patients contain increased concentrations of several chemokines, suchas monocyte chemoattractant protein-4 (MCP-4) ⁄ CCL13, pulmonary andactivation-regulated chemokine (PARC) ⁄ CCL18, monokine inducedby interferon-c (Mig)⁄ CXCL9, stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1) ⁄CXCL12, monocyte chem[r]

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework, to investigate thepersonal and social consequences of RA in women, living under largely impoverished conditions.Methods: A qualitative case study design was used with a convenience sample of 60 women w[r]

measuring clinically important patient relevant outcomes toantirheumatic drug therapy in patients with osteoarthritis ofthe hip or knee. J Rheumatol 1988, 15:1833-1840.9. Roos EM, Roos HP, Ekdahl C and Lohmander LS: Knee injury andOsteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) validation of aSwedish ver[r]

B. Read the passage and choose the best anwers to the questions. WHO World Health Organization (WHO), a specialized agency of the United Nations with its headquarters in Geneva, was established in 1948. According to its constitution, it is “the directing a[r]

WHO World Health Organization (WHO), a specialized agency of the United Nations with its headquarters in Geneva, was established in 1948. According to its constitution, it is “the directing and coordinating authority on international health work” and is responsible for helping[r]

AbstractBackground: The health-related quality of life (HRQL) is an important indicator of the burden ofmusculoskeletal disease. The Medical Outcome Study Short-Term 36 (SF-36) is the most used tool thatevaluates HRQL as a subjective perception about psychol[r]

ritis is synovial hyperplasia. We have reported previously that metastaticlymph node 51 (MLN51) and granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulatingfactor (GM-CSF) are involved in the proliferation of fibroblast-like synovi-ocytes in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthr[r]

within 1 month of treatment. These sera were stillpositive for anti-CCP, indicating that the production ofanti-CCP was related to TB and was not the result oftreatment. However, to address the question of whetheranti-CCP levels increased during treatment, we analyzedseque[r]

a Rheumatoid arthritisa,b Chronic low back painb Cancer Central post-stroke pain aControlled trials demonstrate analgesia. bControlled studies indicate benefit but not analgesia. The TCAs that have been shown to relieve pain have significant side effects (Table 12-1; Chap. 386). Some <[r]

for a flare of rheumatoid arthritis.Data compiled by Dubost et al [3] demonstrated that theaverage age of rheumatoid patients who developed PASAwas 62 years of age and the risk of developing PASA istwice as high in males [3]. The patient[r]

Một số hội chứng do thuốc gây ra trong điều trị các bệnh viêm khớp Thuốc dùng trong các bệnh viêm khớp, chủ yếu là viêm khớp dạng thấp (Rheumatoid Arthritis) và viêm khớp thoái hóa (Osteoarthritis) đều có tác dụng điều trị, nhưng bên cạnh đó cũng có thể gây những ảnh hưởng xấu cho sức[r]

Bạn biết gì về bệnh phong thấp? Người Việt mình cứ thấy đau nhức chân tay mình mẩy thì cho là bị mắc phong thấp, không “khoa học” tí nào cả. Thậm chí, các em bé bị chảy mồ hôi đầu nhiều cũng bị gán cho nhãn hiệu phong thấp. Người Mỹ thì cũng không hơn gì chúng ta. Họ cũng có những tin tưởng về y kh[r]