OBJECTIVE To evaluate in a prospective study whether patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with PMR-like onset show distinctive clinical and laboratory ...

Correspondence to Dr Sara Muller, Arthritis UK Primary Care Centre, Primary Care Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK; s.muller{at}keele.ac.uk Objective To investigate the ...

Oct. 29, 2024 — A new study has lifted the lid on how couples living with rheumatoid arthritis cope with the debilitating disease finding that those who cope with problems together had less ...

Monoclonal antibodies are novel therapeutic agents used with great success in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Different parts of the immune system have been targeted by monoclonal ...

Gout and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are both types of arthritis that cause joint inflammation and pain. However, they have more differences than similarities. RA is an autoimmune condition that ...

In the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), people may first notice tenderness, stiffness, and pain in the small joints in the hands and feet. RA is characterized by damaging inflammation that, ...

The purpose of this retrospective longitudinal study was to examine functional outcome and our experience with DMARDs in a mainly indigent, black group of South Africans with RA.

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Doctors may use it and other tests to diagnose an inflammatory condition or monitor an existing condition, such as arthritis. An erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) test, also called a ...

All forms of inflammatory arthritis have similar management strategies coordinated through a multidisciplinary team. Pharmacological treatments are prescribed to relieve painful symptoms and to slow ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes a number of painful symptoms, including stiffness, visible swelling, and deformation of the joints in the fingers and hands. Managing inflammation can help reduce ...

C 反应蛋白（CRP）与降钙素（PCT）是呼吸科最常用的感染指标，用于指导感染性疾病的诊断和治疗。下文将主要简单介绍两种感染指标在呼吸内科的临床应用。C 反应蛋白（CRP）CRP 是一种急性期炎症蛋白，最初于 1930 年由 Tillet 和 ...