Background: Disease Activity Score-28 joints (DAS-28) is nowadays the gold standard for measuring the disease activity in patients with RA. The original DAS-28 was based on erythrocyte sedimentation (ESR), but an alternative formula incorporating C-reative protein (CRP) [DAS-28(CRP)] has been developed. Objectives: To compare the disease activity score DAS28-ESR versus DAS28–CRP, and to determi...

BACKGROUND The study is aimed to evaluate body composition and bone status in adolescent and adult patients with active juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) untreated with tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors. METHODS Adult patients (12 male and 19 female) with active JIA and 84 healthy age- and gender- matched controls were enrolled into the study. Body composition (tissue mass in grams, le...

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The foliage of fifteen day-old Vigna radiata seedlings was sprayed with water (control) or with a 10–10 M, 10–8 M or 10–6 M aqueous solution of 28-homobrassinolide (HBR). Samples of the treated plant material, collected at 30/50 days after sowing (DAS), were assessed for the activities of carbonic anhydrase (CA) and nitrate reductase (NR); leaf chlorophyll content (Chl); stomatal conductance (g...

BACKGROUND Systematic review (SR) of randomized controlled trials (RCT) is the gold standard for informing treatment choice. Decision analyses (DA) also play an important role in informing health care decisions. It is unknown how often the results of DA and matching SR of RCTs are in concordance. We assessed whether the results of DA are in concordance with SR of RCTs matched on patient populat...

abstract potato virus s is a member of the genus carlavirus in the family of flexiviridae, with curved filamentous particles 650×12 nm and positive single stranded rna genome. this virus is one of the most common viruses that infected all of potato varieties in the world. susceptible host species belong mainly to the families solanaceae, chenopodiaceae and amaranthaceae. potato virus s transmit...

INTRODUCTION RA is a chronic inflammatory state, predisposing for atherosclerosis as it is an immunoinflammatory process. This study focuses on use of Carotid artery intimomedial thickness (CIMT) as a marker for subclinical atherosclerosis. OBJECTIVE To study the assessment of atherosclerosis by Carotid Intimo-Medial Thickness (CIMT) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and Correlation of ul...

Das Ziel des „my-X“ Projektes besteht darin: Analysewerkzeuge online in Form von „pre-paid“ Konstruktion anzubieten. Im folgenden Beitrag werden die wichtigsten Charakteristika über das (seit Januar 2007 erstellte) System dargestellt. Diese Informationen betreffen einerseits kurz die technische Realisierung, andererseits umfangreicher die Erfahrungen der Referenzund Testprojekte (bis Ende Oktob...