purpose: due to unhealthy lifestyles, there has been an increase in the prevalence of coronary artery disease (cad) and a reduction in its age of onset. given the high cost of diagnosis and treatment of cad, there is an urgent need to teach people strategies helpful in changing their lifestyles as this can help reduce the risk factors of the disease. therefore, the goal of the present study was...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the most common autoimmune disease. It is characterized by the presence of hundreds of autoantibodies against many organs and tissues, including the presence of a large number of autoantibodies, which are specific to self-antigens mainly of nuclear origin such as Smith antigen, double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), anti-Sjögren’s syndrome-related antigen A and B (SS...

OBJECTIVE Current disease activity measures for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are difficult to score or interpret and problematic for use in clinical practice. Lupus Foundation of America (LFA)-Rapid Evaluation of Activity in Lupus (REAL) is a pilot application composed of anchored visual analogue scores (0-100 mm each) for each organ affected by lupus. This study evaluated the use of LFA-...

this cross-sectional study is conducted to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic cervical spine subluxation in rheumatoid arthritis patients by plain radiographs and its relation to demographic and clinical characteristics, disease activity measures and medications. 100 rheumatoid arthritis patients (18 male and 82 female) were selected randomly, according to the american college of rheumato...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that plays essential roles in calcium and phosphorus metabolism, bone formation and mineralization homeostasis, also has a role in the maintenance of immune-homeostasis. OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate seasonal serum vitamin D levels and seasonal disease activity in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and Osteoarthritis. ME...

Abstract Background Intestinal Behçet's disease (BD) is a relapsing-remitting typically associated with punched-out ulcers in the ileocecal region. Optimal monitoring of activity necessary; however, ileocolonoscopy cannot be performed on regular basis as it invasive, resource-intensive and causes considerable patient discomfort. Furthermore, there are risks intestinal bleeding perforation cause...

The analysis of almost a century-long evolution ideas about the criteria for activity Rheumatoid Arthritis showed that developed complex indices determination there are far from perfect, in particular Disease Activity.