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Showing 1 to 20 of 590 for “"arthritis"”.
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Osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis
… with reports of osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis, but the mechanism of bone loss remains obscure. This is probably due to the overlap with bone loss of aging and the menopause, whose exact mechanisms are also poorly understood. Against this background, a study was designed to evaluate …
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Modern Pharmacotherapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis is one of the leading causes of disability in the world. This thesis describes the diagnostic procedure for this disease as well as the standard treatment protocol. Almost half of the patients treated with the golden standard fail to meet treatment goals and thus require a more …
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TRAIL mediated apoptosis in arthritis.
… half life of inflammatory cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A similar phenomenon is seen in malignancy. Therefore, defects in apoptosis pathways that have been proposed to contribute to the pathogenesis of malignancy may also be seen in RA. It has been reported by many studies that treatments …
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Radiological features of psoriatic arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis associated with psoriasis. Psoriasis is a dermatological condition that affects 1-2% of the population. Approximately 10-15% of patients with skin manifestations of psoriasis develop PsA and 0.3-1% of the general population. Moll and Wright …
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Responsive wearables for rheumatoid arthritis
… technology for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), using computational design methods to embed individualized data within the design and materiality. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, autoimmune disease that attacks the joints and causes progressive deformity and bone erosion …
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Exercise & cardiopulmonary physiology in rheumatoid arthritis
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) individuals are at greater morbidity and mortality risk from developing cardiac and pulmonary disorders than the general population, primarily due to a sedentary lifestyle. Aims: This project aimed to (1) obtain information on the rheumatic and musculoskeletal …
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Improving the outcome of psoriatic arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is recognised to have a significant impact on functional impairment, joint damage and quality of life. The aim of this thesis was to investigate tools for early identification, to develop a clinical target for treatment and to utilise these tools within a clinical trial. …
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Methotrexate associated toxicity in rheumatoid arthritis
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Immune Mediators of Murine Lyme Arthritis
… elucidation of mechanisms regulating murine Lyme arthritis and may suggest mechanisms by which human Lyme disease is mediated. (1) We found that the chemokine KC is responsible for neutrophil recruitment and subsequent development of Lyme arthritis and carditis. This was the first study to …
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Dietary Compliance in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
… compliance.</p> <p>Twenty two rheumatoid arthritis patients volunteered to enroll in this pilot diet study, fifteen remained with the study for the stipulated period of 18 months. The study consisted of three parts: an initial six month baseline period (Period I), a six-month experimental …
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Rheumatoid arthritis : a cognitive-behavioural intervention
… · status, and immune function in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and the value of cognitive-behavioural intervention in improving the overall health status of such patients. Two related hypotheses were tested in a matched-random assigned two-groups design, with pre-, mid-, and post-intervention …
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The Effects of Telephone Intervention on Arthritis Self-Efficacy, Depression, Pain and Fatigue in Older Adults with Arthritis
… examine the effects of telephone intervention on arthritis self-efficacy, depression, pain and fatigue in older adult patients in different clinical settings. Eighty-five subjects from two clinics were randomly assigned to either the control (n = 45) or intervention (n = 40) groups. The study was …
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Biologic therapy in patients with autoimmune arthritis /
… have been used in the treatment of autoimmune arthritis (AA) for over 15 years. In spite of the many randomized clinical trials on BD, there is a lack of data on the special aspects of long-term application in everyday rheumatology clinical practice; for this reason the aim of our work was to …
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Liposomal targeting of glucocorticoid in experimental arthritis
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