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Tuberculosis in the era of anti-TNF-alpha therapy : Why does the risk still exist?
(2018)
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune systemic disease characterized mainly by inflammatory compromise of diarthrodial joints. Multiple drug therapies have been developed to control the activity of rheumatoid arthritis, ...
Accelerated nodulosis and systemic manifestations during methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Objectives: Methotrexate is successfully used in the treatment of arthritis but little is known about its effects on extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis. We focused this work on the incidence and clinical ...
Sex Hormones and rheumatoid factor : a possible link between reproductive hormones patterns and the onset of rheumatoid arthritis among women in Khartoum, Sudan
Background: Sex hormones are believed to contribute to the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of the disease's female preponderance, especially during the child-bearing years, and because of the dramatic improvements ...
Impact of educational level on rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review
Methods: A systematic review was performed using PubMed, SciELO and LILACS as data bases in order to identify original articles written in English, Portuguese or Spanish that used accepted classification criteria for ...
Trends of inflammatory markers and cytokines after one month of phototherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
(Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2020)
Cardiovascular Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Review in Latin America
Background. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major predictor of poor prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. There is an increasing interest to identify nontraditional risk factors for this condition. Latin ...
NF-κB1/IKKε Gene Expression and Clinical Activity in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
(American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2018)
Genetic epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis: what to expect from Latin America?
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic and systemic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammation and destruction of the synovial joints. It affects approximately 0.5% of the Latin-American population and is three times more ...
Anti-CCP antibodies are associated with early age at onset in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Objectives: To determine factors influencing the age at onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: A sample of 152 Colombian patients was investigated. Hazard ratios (HRs) that measured the effect size of risk factors ...
Association of regional and cultural factors with the prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in the mexican population
Background The overall estimated prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Mexico is 1.6%, but there are major variations in different geographic areas of the country. Objective This study aimed to determine the impact ...