Background: Obesity is one of the causes of onset and exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis. However, limited studies have examined the association between body composition and severity of disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between severity of rheumatoid arthritis with various types of obesity and the comparison of anthropometric indices between patients with rheumato...

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common inflammatory arthritis, affecting approximately 1% of the world's population. Its pathogenesis has not been completely understood. However, there is evidence that the disease may involve synovial joints, subchondral bone marrow as well as intra- and extraarticular fat tissue, and may lead to progressive joint destruction and disability. Over the last two ...

Material and Methods Urine.-This was collected from eight female patients with severe and active rheumatoid arthritis (meeting ARA criteria), one of whom had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate ranged from 30 to 90 mm. in the first hour (Westergren). The WaalerRose test was positive in five and negative in three cases. Urine was collected for control purposes from ...

The hands of 10 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were investigated with diphosphonate scanning and radiology. Increased uptake of isotope can be associated with some erosions but not all and also reflects other processes more linked to acute inflammatory areas unassociated with the development of erosions. If the latter are the hallmark of active rheumatoid arthritis then bone scans are not.

Thirty-five patients with rheumatoid arthritis were randomly allocated to either Seatone (green-lipped mussel extract) or placebo in order to assess the former's claimed effectiveness in rheumatoid disease. After six months there was no significant improvement in any laboratory or clinical measurement of disease activity in the Seatone group. The patients on active drug fared no better than tho...

Two patients with severe seropositive rheumatoid arthritis previously unresponsive to conventional therapy have been treated with leucapheresis. This technique involves continuous cell separation daily to remove primarily lymphocytes. Clinical improvement was recorded with the use of standard rheumatological measures of inflammation. It is concluded that leucapheresis may help in the management...

objective (s):rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disorder, primarily targeting the synovium and articular cartilage that leads to joint damage. recent reports have suggested the role of adipocytokines in mediating joint damage; however it still is a matter of debate. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between serum values of adiopocytokines (lept...