OBJECTIVE The TRAF1 genetic region conferring susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been reported to associate with radiological damage. We aimed to test RA genetic susceptibility markers for association with a continuous measure of radiological damage over time using longitudinal modeling techniques. METHODS Sixty-seven RA susceptibility variants were genotyped in 474 patients in t...

Background: Gestational hypertension (BP ≥ 140/90 mm of Hg without proteinuria) is classified under hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). HDP causes widespread endothelial dysfunction leading to hypertension and damage to vital organs such as liver, kidney, brain etc. Damage to kidney may lead to elevation in urinary excretion of albumin which can be used for predicting severity of the dis...

Observations of naturally occurring stem rust epidemics and seed yields in perennial ryegrass were taken in 19 field experiments conducted over the course of 9 years. Epidemic severity differed among years and also among experimental treatments (fungicide regimes) within years. In each experiment, attainable yield was represented by the nondiseased treatment, and yields of other treatments were...

BACKGROUND Auto insurers use a variety of techniques to control their losses, and one that has been widely employed since the mid-1990's is the Minor Impact Soft Tissue (MIST) segmentation strategy. MIST protocol dictates that all injury claims resulting from collisions producing US dollars 1000 or less in damage be "segmented", or adjusted for minimal compensation. MATERIAL/METHODS Multiple ...

purpose: to assess the relationship between the severity of coronary arteries involvement and the extent and pattern of myocardial scars in cardiac magnetic resonance of patients with history of remote myocardial infarction. materials and methods: the cardiac magnetic resonance images of sixty patients with history of remote st segment or non-st segment elevation myocardial infarction were revi...

background: quality of life (qol) is increasingly recognized as an important outcome measure in dermatology. psoriasis has a great impact on qol of patients, and has a strong effect on social relations, psychological status, and daily activities. this study describe and compare the impact of different grades of severity of psoriasis on qol of patients in north of iran. methods: this cross‑secti...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to develop a brief measure of severity for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that would not be seriously confounded by psychological functioning. The Rheumatoid Arthritis Severity Scale (RASS), designed for use by physicians on their own patients, consists of three visual analogue scales: Disease Activity, Functional Impairment and Physical Damage. METHODS Nine...

background: the clinical course of multiple sclerosis (ms) evolves over many years. its prognosis is highly variable among affected individuals, i.e. while some suffer from early severe disabilities, others remain ambulatory and functional for many years. we used multiple sclerosis severity score (msss) and the new classification for ms severity herbert et al. introduced in 2006 according to ms...