Nature of the ossicular joints and their involvement in rheumatoid arthritis.

the relationship between learners critical thinking ability and their performance in the reading sections of the tofel and ielts test

the study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...

JOINTS AND THEIR DISEASES Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis affects at least 1 % of all males and 3% of all females, the incidence rising with increasing age. In mild cases little disability results, but in more severe cases a progressive destruction of joints, tendons, and other tissues is associated with a systemic illness and constitutional symptoms, of fluctuating and very variable degree, eventually leading to deformed and crip...

Rheumatoid arthritis of the temporomandibular joints.

Although temporomandibular-joint involvement by rheumatoid arthritis is well recognized, its incidence is unknown. Russel and Bayles (1941) estimated that the temporomandibular joints became involved in 50 per cent. of patients, Ragan (1949) 4 7 per cent., Markowitz and Gerry (1950) 8 *7 per cent., and Einaudi and Viara (1964) 29 3 per cent in 260 rheumatoid arthritics. These variations may be ...

Arthritis and Rheumatoid Conditions: Their Nature and Treatment

Why does rheumatoid arthritis involve the joints?

A long-standing question in rheumatology is why inflammatory arthritides such as rheumatoid arthritis involve the joints. Many studies have addressed this question; a recent article by Lee et al.1 provides a new answer that is both obvious and intriguing. Rheumatoid arthritis affects the joints because of the essential role of the synovium in regulating inflammation. The normal synovial membran...