Commented glossary for rheumatic spinal diseases.

Commented glossary for rheumatic spinal diseases, based on pathology.

OBJECTIVES To redefine and comment on terms on a pathological basis, in order to avoid the confusion due to the use of terms with different meanings, to standardise usage among clinicians, radiologists and pathologists, and to facilitate literature searches. METHODS Within the Committee of Pathology of the European League against Rheumatism, a study group was set up to analyse the medical lit...

Fasting and rheumatic diseases

Fasting is one of the important religious practices of Muslims, in which the individuals abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. Fasting is not obligatory or even not allowed, in case it causes health problems to the fasting individual. Rheumatic diseases are a major group of chronic diseases which can bring about numerous problems while fasting. The aim of this article is to revi...

fasting and rheumatic diseases

fasting is one of the important religious practices of muslims, in which the individuals abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to sunset. fasting is not obligatory or even not allowed, in case it causes health problems to the fasting individual. rheumatic diseases are a major group of chronic diseases which can bring about numerous problems while fasting. the aim of this article is to revi...

Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases

Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a pro-drug of the active metabolite of mycophenolic acid. It is a suppressor of T and B cell proliferation and adhesion and inhibits inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase that eventually blocks the progression to DNA synthesis and proliferation [1]. It does not inhibit the production of interleukins as does ciclosporin and tacrolimus. MMF has routinely been used in ...

The Rheumatic Diseases