rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is a chronic autoimmune disease, which can lead to joint destruction and disability. pannus formation due to chronic synovitis is the hallmark of ra. oxidative stress as a consequence of immune cell activation and disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs can prevent inflammation and tissue destruction. silymarin, an antioxidant extract from silybum marianum, has been tra...

materials and methods weighted logistic regression models were used for the analysis of 1,248 cases and 39,995 controls from the 2005 california health interview survey (chis). results the prevalence of spd was 10% in cases and 4% in controls, respectively. the percentages of past and current smoking were higher in cases than controls (50% vs. 24% and 27% vs. 15%, respectively). after adjusting...

introduction: the evaluation of assessment instruments through activity of daily living (adl) in heart disease is done for early intervention. the aim of this study is to investigate the proper instrument for assessing adl in a cardiac patient. material and methods: this study was a narrative review of instruments of screening and assessing adl in heart disease. a search was conducted using dat...

OBJECTIVE To test the interrater and intrarater reliability of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000 (SLEDAI-2K) Responder Index (SRI-50), an index designed to measure ≥ 50% improvement in disease activity between visits in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. METHODS This was a multicenter, cross-sectional study with raters from Canada, the United Kingdom, and A...

OBJECTIVES The British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) index is a standardized systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease activity assessment. The main aim of this study was to correlate the BILAG index with laboratory measures of disease activity in childhood-onset SLE with and without biopsy-proven lupus nephritis. METHOD Prospective observational comparison study of the BILAG index in...

Find out the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and W.C with disease activity score in AS patients its association clinical characteristics of AS. One hundred five (75 male 30 female) who visited rheumatology medical rehabilitation center Sulaimani city were recorded this cross-sectional study. Disease was measured by ASDAS-ESR hand-held calculator. BMI calculated waist circumference (W...

Patient assessment of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be useful in clinical practice, offering a patient-friendly, location independent, and a time-efficient and cost-efficient means of monitoring the disease. The objective of this study was to identify patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to assess disease activity in RA and to evaluate the measurement properties of thes...