Background: Previous studies showed that one of the complications of rheumatoid arthritis disease was auditory disorder. The goal of the present study was to compare the auditory status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy individuals. Methods: In the present case-control study, 30 normal persons and 60 persons with rheumatoid arthritis with mean age of 46.72 and standard deviatio...

Early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis is essential for its proper management. Currently, the initial phase of rheumatoid arthritis is known to provide a window of therapeutic opportunity. Although the diagnosis is primarily clinical, the development and improvement of laboratory and imaging methods have contributed to earlier diagnosis and determination of procedures in early rheumatoid arthr...

Sir, Rheumatoid nodules have been reported to occur in about 20% of patients with chronic rheumatoid polyarthritis (1, 2). In the recent literature, a correlation between treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with methotrexate and the development or worsening of rheumatoid nodules has been suggested (2 ± 4). We describe here the explosive deterioration of rheumatoid nodules during the course of met...

The status of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Saudi Arabia (SA) was examined from various perspectives based on a systematic literature review and the authors' personal experiences. In this regard, database and journal search were conducted to identify studies on RA in SA, yielding a total of 43 articles. Although efforts have been made to promote RA research in SA, current studies mostly represen...

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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) is a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the joints but also extra articular tissue. The long-term outcome of JRA has different aspects, which include disease outcome, mortality, iridocyclitis and stature. Several studies, which have addressed these issues, are reviewed in this article. In addition, functional, educational and employment status o...

OBJECTIVE To assess social functioning and facial expression recognition skill in survivors of pediatric brain tumors (BT) as compared to children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). METHODS The social functioning of 51 survivors of BT and 31 children with JRA was assessed using a facial expression recognition task, questionnaire ratings of social functioning, and an IQ screener. RESU...

Increased rubella antibody titres have been reported in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and it has been suggested that rubella virus may be of importance in the aetiology or pathogenesis of the disease. In the present study, rubella and rubeola antibody titres in 85 patients with JRA were compared to age- and sex-matched controls. 41% of the patients did not have rubella antib...