PURPOSE To translate the English version of the Quality of Life-Rheumatoid Arthritis Scale (QOL-RA Scale) into Russian, test the reliability and validity of the Russian version and compare the scaling assumptions, reliability, and validity of the English, Spanish and Russian versions. MATERIALS/METHODS The development of a Russian version of the Quality of Life-Rheumatoid Arthritis Scale (QOL...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease primarily manifesting with symptoms of joint pain. It also involves multiple organ systems in the body, including the lungs. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the most common form of pulmonary involvement in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Without the typical symptoms such as chronic joint pain, establishing the diagnosis of RA could be quite c...

methotrexate is an anti-rheumatic agent used as a first-line tretment for rheumatoid arthritis. hematological malignancies like lymphoma or acute myeloid leukemia have been reported to be secondary to treatment with methotrexate, but are very uncommon. we report here the first moroccan case of ra patient on low dose mtx, who developed aml. we also reviewed all similar cases.

Evidence of recent infection with human parvovirus B19 (HPV) was found in two patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in four patients with acute inflammatory arthritis (IA). Both of the patients with RA but only one of the four patients with IA carried RA associated haplotypes. No evidence of persistent infection with HPV was found, but evidence of past infection with HPV was signifi...

background: rheumatoid arthritis (ra) is the most prevalent chronic infl ammatory disease of the joints. it is correlated with periodontal disease due to similar factors that exist in both diseases. the present study assessed the relationship of periodontal disease with ra and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (jia). materials and methods: in this case-control study, 30 ra and 30 jia patients along...

We herewith report the rare case of a patient with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who developed on 2 occasions the clinical picture of an isolated unilateral palsy of the inferior oblique muscle—Brown’s syndrome, following pregnancies, each time in a different eye. Although the eye is frequently involved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the Brown’s syndrome is seldom reported in literature with reg...

IgM rheumatoid factors capable of complement fixation and activation are commonly present in the sera of adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Hidden complement fixing IgM rheumatoid factor has been demonstrated in the majority of patients with juvenile RA and hidden agglutinating IgM rheumatoid factors have been demonstrated in the serum of adults with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis. We studied...

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease which can involve tissues and organs other than the synovial joints. RA patients with skin manifestations usually have severe disease. Rheumatoid nodule is the most common skin manifestation seen in RA. Other skin conditions commonly described in RA are rheumatoid vasculitis, raynaud’s phenomenon and neutrophilic dermatoses. D...