In recent years important advances in the physiology and biochemistry of the musculoskeletal system have allowed major contributions to the understanding of function and disease. Unfortunately, many of the people interested in studying organisms at an extremely basic level, as well as those involved in the treatment of disease processes of the skeletal system, frequently fail to grasp the impor...

In recent years important advances in the physiology and biochemistry of the musculoskeletal system have allowed major contributions to the understanding of function and disease. Unfortunately, many of the people interested in studying organisms at an extremely basic level, as well as those involved in the treatment of disease processes of the skeletal system, frequently fail to grasp the impor...

INTRODUCTION The long-term course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in terms of health status is not well understood, nor is the degree of effectiveness of biologic therapy in the community. We modeled the progression of loss of health status, and measured incremental costs and effectiveness of biologic therapy in the community. METHODS We studied change in function and health status in 18,485 RA ...

summary: adult-onset still’s disease (aosd) is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. it is characterized by high grade fever, skin rash, arthritis, leukocytosis, increased esr, crp and liver enzyme levels and high levels of ferritin. the treatment of aosd includes nsaids, steroids, and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (dmards). recently biologic agents have been used f...

the nutrient elements uptake in many of soils, is a problem because of high ph and plenty of calcium ions in them. some of these elements are phosphorus and microelements. it is possible to increase absorption of these nutrient elements by addition of sulfur in soil and biological oxidation. the rate of this reaction is very slow and thiobacillus bacteria are the most important oxidators of sul...