OBJECTIVE Our aim was to evaluate the significance of homocysteine (Hcy) in Behcet's disease (BD) and the association of elevated Hcy levels associated with the indices of inflammation in BD. METHODS Untreated 70 patients with BD and 33 healthy individuals were included into the study. Hcy, tumor necrosis alpha (TNF-alpha), C-reactive protein (CRP), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) we...

Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune thyroid disorder that usually presents as a diffuse, nontender goiter, whereas subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is an uncommon disease that is characterized by tender thyroid enlargement, transient thyrotoxicosis, and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Very rarely, patients with HT can present with painful, tender goiter or fever, a mimic of ...

In a series of 50 cases in which nerve and/or muscle microvasculitis was seen on biopsy, seven were associated with malignancy. In two cases, the cancer was found after the discovery of microvasculitis. All patients exhibited sensory-motor neuropathy, which was often painful and asymmetrical, with a progressive course. ESR and CSF protein levels were always elevated. Motor conduction velocity w...

INTRODUCTION Radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has in several studies been shown to be predicted by serological markers widely used in daily clinical practice. The objective of this longitudinal study was to examine if these serological markers also predict hand bone mineral density (BMD) loss in patients with RA of short disease duration. METHODS 163 patients with RA of s...

We demonstrate “on the fly” electron spin resonance ESR in which the defect generation process in the negative bias temperature instability NBTI can be observed without recovery contamination. Elevated temperature and modest negative gate bias generates ESR spectra due to E center defects. The NBTI generated E center spectrum disappears upon stress condition removal, a result consistent with re...

To the Editor I refer to some interesting data concerning the clinical significance of the results obtained with the TEST 1 instrument reported in the article by Cha et al,1 in which erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) data obtained using the TEST 1 were compared with those obtained with the manual reference method according to the International Council for Standardization in Haematology.2 The...

Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory polyarthritis of relatively common occurrence affecting about 1-2% adult population world-wide and 0.75% Indian adults. The disease occurs at all ages affects ethnic groups. For early diagnosis progression rheumatoid might be useful for to better treatment the patients. Present study aimed assessment adiponectin in newly diagnosed rem...

Results The patient was hospitalized 3 times with abdominal pain elevated CRP and fever. She was presumed to have recurrent abdominal infections and treated with antibiotics. The laboratory tests showed no increase on leukocytes counts but elevated CRP (to198mg/l), which normalized after a few days. CT-scans and 2 ultrasounds were performed, which showed signs of panniculitis of the abdominal f...

We report four patients with unilateral postpartum sacroiliitis presenting with agonising unilateral pain, an elevated ESR, elevated alkaline phosphatase levels, leucocytosis and positive bone scans. The diagnosis of a non-infectious inflammatory cause was supported by the postpartum onset, the response to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, negative aspiration cultures in two cases and the ...

We read with great interest an article by Molander et al 1 demonstrating a strong association between clinical rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity, measured Disease Avtivity Score-28 (DAS28) ESR, and the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). In framework this elegant nationwide register-based cohort study that enrolled 46?316 patients, it was found ratio for VTE in patients RA 1.88 (95% ...