Autoimmune disorders and thyroid function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis after biological treatment

Thyroid Autoimmunity and Function after Treatment with Biological Antirheumatic Agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis

With the increased pro-inflammatory response in both rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid autoimmune diseases, treatment with biological antirheumatic agents (BAAs) of the former may affect the course of the latter. In hepatitis C and cancer patients, treatment with biological agents substantially increases the risk of developing thyroid autoimmunity. As the use of BAAs in the treatment of rheumato...

Thyroid function upon biological treatment in rheumatoid arthritis 1.4B Rituximab and Thyroid function

Cutaneous manifestations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease with different extra-articular manifestations. Among those extra-articular manifestations, there are significant cutaneous manifestations which may result in first admission to a dermatologist. In this article some specific and non-specific skin lesions of RA such as rheumatoid nodules, exacerbated nodules, rheumatoid vascu...

Hearing status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Background: Previous studies showed that one of the complications of rheumatoid arthritis disease was auditory disorder. The goal of the present study was to compare the auditory status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy individuals. Methods: In the present case-control study, 30 normal persons and 60 persons with rheumatoid arthritis with mean age of 46.72 and standard deviatio...

autoimmune thyroid disorders in patients with vitiligo

objectives we aimed to assess the prevalence of autoimmune thyroid disorders among patients with vitiligo who referred to sina hospital of hamadan in west of iran in 2008. patients and methods this case-control study comprised 45 patients with vitiligo and 45 healthy individuals (control group). data on age, gender, family history of vitiligo, distribution pattern and duration of the disease we...