background: bone mineral density (bmd) changes during the course of rheumatoid arthritis (ra). the present study was designed to investigate the status of bmd in patients with ra treated with anti-rheumatic drugs. methods: bmd at the femoral neck (fn-bmd) and lumbar spine (ls-bmd) were measured by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (dxa) method using norland densitometer. disease activity (da) wa...

background: periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis (ra) share a number of clinical and pathologic features, one of which is the presence of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (tnf-α)-induced bone resorption that is involved in the pathogenesis of both. objectives: to investigate the effect of tnf-α blockade on periodontal conditions in patients with active ra. method: the periodontal statuses of 3...

sjogren syndrome (ss) can occur alone, primary sjogren syndrome, or in association with other rheumatic diseases, secondary sjogren syndrome (sss), such as rheumatoid arthritis (ra). the occurrence of sjogren syndrome with ra makes it course worse and increases high morbidity and mortality of ra. in this exploratory study we aim to determine the prevalence of sss (diagnosed based on the revised...

Background: Vitiligo is a dermatological disorder of unknown etiology with a common incidence in southern Iran. Presence of autoantibodies to melanocyte antigens suggested an autoimmune basis of the disease. Objective: In this study, the presence of rheumatoid factor (RF) in sera and skin biopsies of vitiligo patients was investigated. Methods: The presence of RF in sera of 35 vitiligo and 32 n...

OBJECTIVE To test whether elevated concentration of rheumatoid factor is associated with long term development of rheumatoid arthritis. DESIGN A prospective cohort study, the Copenhagen City Heart Study. Blood was drawn in 1981-83, and participants were followed until 10 August 2010. SETTING Copenhagen general population. PARTICIPANTS 9712 white Danish individuals from the general populat...

to confirm the side-effects of gold sodium thiomalate (gstm), we carried out a retrospective study examining 102 consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthritis attending the rheumatology unit of hafez hospital, shiraz, iran, in whom gstm was initiated between 1983-1989. only patients with classical or definite ra (ara criteria) we(e included in this study. patients were categorized as having de...

background: reactive oxygen species (ros) have important role in the etiology and pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (ra). we investigated the effect of conjugated linoleic acids (clas) and vitamin e on lipid peroxidation. methods: in a randomized, double-blind placebo, controlled, clinical trial 87 patients with active ra were enrolled. they were divided into 4 groups, received one of the fo...