BACKGROUND Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is a biomarker increasingly used for the assessment of systemic inflammation. We aimed to evaluate suPAR for the assessment of inflammatory activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in remission. METHODS In our cross-sectional study we measured plasma suPAR and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels as well as erythrocyte sedim...

OBJECTIVES To study the efficacy of rituximab in active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients refractory to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) including the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha antagonists. METHODS Adult patients with active RA despite adequate therapies with conventional DMARDs or anti-TNFalpha agents for at least 3 months were recruited. Inclusion criteria were: (1) ...

In a recent report in Arthritis Research & Therapy, Kang and colleagues [1] assessed a series of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to establish whether adipokines could be a link between inflammation, insulin resistance, and atherosclerosis in RA. We have noticed that Kang and colleagues did not pay attention to our former studies on the same issue. In this regard, in the last decade, we ...

OBJECTIVE To develop response criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) for monitoring treatment and comparing alternative treatments regimens. METHODS 76 patients, mean (SD) age 68.7 (7.7) years, were enrolled. Corticosteroids, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were the only drugs allowed during the observation period. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C reactive protein...

BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) involves chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. In the past decades, fecal calprotectin has been proposed as a useful biomarker for the differential diagnosis between IBD patients and healthy controls. We designed this study to evaluate the diagnostic ability of fecal calprotectin (FC) and conventional inflammatory markers in IBD patients. MET...

©2018 Turkish League Against Rheumatism. All rights reserved. ABSTRACT Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effects of passive smoking on disease activity in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients and methods: Among a total of 191 female patients with RA (mean age 59.1±12.5 years; range 21 to 87 years) consecutively recruited, 100 female patients (mean age 56.1±13.4 yea...

همدقم : ي رييغت يديئوريت ياهنومروه نازيم نيفرم هب هتسباو دارفا رد هتفا تـسا هدـش شرازـگ ديئوريت و زيفوپيه سوملااتوپيه روحم تيلاعف صوصخ رد يتوافتم جياتن و . رد غت هعلاطم نيا يي لاعف تار ي ت هدغ ت ي ئور ي ول نمزم و داح زيوجت اب د تفرگ رارق يسررب دروم نيفرم عطق مئلاع رب نيسكوريتو . شور اه : 42 رد غلاب رن يهاگشيامزآ ديفس شوم 6 دش هدافتسا هورگ . نيسكوريتوول هدننك تفايرد ياههورگ يقافص لخاد mg/...

كچ ي هد هقباس فده و : ييوراد ناهايگ زا هدافتسا اب يتبايد ناراميب رد مرس بولطمان ياهديپيل و زكولگ حطس نداد شهاك يم رادروخرب يدايز ينيلاب تيمها زا دشاب . هوك هرت تهابش رب ينبم يتاقيقحت دهاوش دوجو هب هجوت اب ي س و ي ر رظن زا خرب ي د دض و هرثؤم داوم ي تبا ي س ندوب ي ،ر رب رد اذل يسر هوك هرت نمزم و يكاروخ فرصم رثا رضاح ي ،زكوـلگ نازيم رب رت ي د ييارحص شوم مرس لاتوت لورتسلك و ديريسيلگ سررب دروم يتبا...

BACKGROUND: Clinical prostatic diseases occur in 80% of dogs over 5 and 95% over 9 years of age. . It seems that benign prostatic hyperplasia) BPH) affect Scottish terriers more severely than the other breeds. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the changes of biochemical and hematological parameters in BPH dogs. METHODS: Blood samples were collected from 10 male dogs older than five year...

* ون ي ،لوئسم هدنس نابايخ نارهت ـ ب يناهفـصا يفرشا ا زا رتلا ق هكل پ كنو كلاپ مجنپ هچوك 14 نفلت : 09122092651 email: [email protected] فده و هنيمز : رُخرُخ اـب هـك باوـخ رد مد ماگنه رد يسفنت دنلب يادص زا تسا ترابع و تدـش زا يـفلتخم تاـجرد يم زورب سناكرف ديامن . رُخرُخ يراتفرگ ببس ار يدايز هرمزور و يعامتجا ياه يم دوش . رد نام شور لماش و يـبط ياـه يم يحارج دشاب . تيدودـحم و ضراوـع تـلع...