Paraneoplastic arthritides (PA) are a group of inflammatory arthropathies associated with latent or manifest malignancy, localized in distant site relation to the primary focus and caused by immune-mediated mechanisms. Although pathogenesis PA is unknown, mechanisms can cause paraneoplastic syndrome dominant feature polyarthritis. Arthritis be both initial manifestation disease, it itself some ...

BACKGROUND Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is an innate immune protein. The aim of our study was to determine whether genetically determined MBL deficiency is associated with susceptibility to juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) and whether MBL2 genotypes are associated with JRA severity. METHODS In a retrospective cohort study of 218 patients with polyarthritis (n = 67) and oligoarthritis (n = ...

We analysed the presence of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) and anti-keratin (AKA) antibodies of the IgG class in sera of patients with defined juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) of various subgroups with more than one year duration of the disease. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Immunoscan RA, Eurodiagnostica, The Netherlands) and an indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) test on r...

BACKGROUND The cause of recent onset polyarthritis can be difficult to identify. OBJECTIVE To determine which laboratory and imaging studies French rheumatologists recommend, not taking cost into account, for the diagnosis of recent onset polyarthritis without extra-articular manifestations. METHODS From the list of the French Society for Rheumatology, a random sample of 210 rheumatologists...

so it was removed manually by the village dai. It was not adherent but was retained mainly in the vagina. She developed fever on the fourth day after delivery. Uterus was tender, temperature 101 ?F. and pulse 124 per minute. She was put on quinine and ergot mixture and was watched. On the seventh day the maximum temperature was 102?F. and pulse 120. Lochia was normal. There was no pelvic pain. ...

Naproxen at 10 mg per kg body weight was compared with aspirin at 80 mg per kg body weight in children suffering from juvenile chronic polyarthritis. It was found to be as effective as aspirin, with certainly no more and possibly fewer gastrointestinal side effects. A long-term tolerance study up to 12 months confirmed that naproxed was a satisfactory nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug in the ...