منابع مشابه
[Genetics and genomics in rheumatoid arthritis (RA): An update].
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that affects approximately 0.5-1% of the general population and leads to chronic synovial inflammation, destruction of cartilage and bone, and disability. The heritability of rheumatoid arthritis has been estimated to be about 60%, while the contribution of HLA to heritability has been estimated to be 11-37%. Other genes, such as...
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BACKGROUND Death certificates can be used to assess disease prevalence and incidence; however, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often remains unreported in death certificates. We sought to determine to what extent RA is underreported and what demographic and clinical characteristics could predict mention of RA in the death certificate. METHODS We recruited 1328 patients with RA from private, public ...
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OBJECTIVE Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an increased risk of serious infections. Comparing infection rates across RA populations is complicated by differences in background infection risk, population composition and study methodology. We measured infection rates from five RA registries globally, with the aim to contextualise infection rates from an RA clinical trials population. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0021-5384,1883-2083
DOI: 10.2169/naika.99.1783