background and aim: autoimmune inner ear disease (aied) may accompany certain systemic conditions, such as rheumatoid arth­ritis, and manifest audiovestibular dysfunction. this study aimed to compare the vestibular function between rheumatoid arthritis (ra) patients and normal subjects using cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials and caloric tests. methods: in this cross-sectional study...

background and objectives: mycoplasma arthritidis mitogen (mam) superantigen has been shown to induce chronic arthritis, which resembles human rheumatoid arthritis (ra) in a rodent model. however, its role as a causative agent in human ra is not well understood yet. the aim of this study was to investigate the presence of mam superantigen gene in the synovial fluid (sf) of ra patients. material...

background: rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is an autoimmune systemic disease. most common autoimmune diseases are multisystem disorders that may also present with otological manifestations, and autoimmune inner ear disease accompanied by vestibular dysfunction. this study aimed to compare the vestibular function between ra patients and normal subjects using cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potent...

background: systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sojia) is an autoinflammatory disease with complex genetic trait starts in children less than 16 years of age with fever and cutaneous rash. despite, the main genetic factors that may play a role in sojia have not yet been identified. high level of interleukin-1beta in the blood of sojia patients has been reported. the production and sec...

objective(s) recent studies on human indicate that the introduction of therapeutic use of tolerogenic dendritic cell (dc) for chronic inflammatory conditions is imminent. for the purpose of defining cgrp potency in tolerogenic dc production, we investigated the phenotype and il-'2 production of dcs generated from the monocytes of rheumatoid arthritis (ra) patients in the presence of the ca...

introduction: rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is the most common autoimmune joint disease. osteoporosis is a well-known consequence of ra. objective: the aim of the present study was to determine the interrelationship between radiographic findings and bone mineral density (bmd) in patients with ra. methods: 70 patients with established ra (according to 1987 acr criteria) were included in a cross-sect...

background: this study aims to investigate the effect of antioxidants supplement on clinical outcomes and antioxidant parameters in rheumatoid arthritis (ra). methods: the pre‑post study was conducted on 40 female patients with ra in 12 weeks that taken daily one “selenplus” capsule contained 50 μg selenium, 8 mg zinc, 400 μg vitamin a, 125 mg vitamin c, and 40 mg vitamin e. about 5 ml venous b...

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...

osteoporosis (op) is a frequent complication of rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and longitudinal studies have documented increased rate of bone loss in ra patients. to determine the frequency of low bone mass as well as the influence of disease duration and corticosteroid use on bone mass in patients with ra, 88 patients with ra and 112 age matched controls were studied. bone densitometry was perform...