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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"rheumatic diseases"”.
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The impact of patient-clinician interactions on patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases
… is especially important in chronic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, which remain incurable, necessitating a life-long need for regular medical support. The overall objective of this PhD was therefore to investigate the impacts of positive and negative medical interactions on patients with …
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A Retrospective analysis of Spondyloarthropathies at the Rheumatic Diseases Unit, University of Cape Town, over the period 1988-1994
… of different ethnic origin attending the Rheumatic Diseases Unit (RDU), University of Cape Town (UCT), in respect of differences in: clinical and/or radiographic expression of disease; gender HLA-B27 status, and choice of therapy and requirements for reconstructive orthopaedic surgical …
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The role of clinical, biological, and socioeconomic factors on the development of resilience in women with autorimmune rheumatic diseases : a cross-sectional study
… patients with chronic inflammatory systemic diseases. However, the role of clinical, biological and socioeconomic characteristics in autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) is still unknown. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between resilience and socioeconomic, biological and clinical …
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Exercise-Based Upper Limb Rehabilitation In Rheumatoid Arthritis
… the physical activity (PA) levels of adults with rheumatic diseases against PA guidelines, and assesses the proportion of respondents who report ever receiving PA advice from a healthcare professional (HCP).<br/><br/>Methods: Following development of a global upper limb home exercise programme, …
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The prevalence of rheumatic disease in a rural Coloured population in Namaqualand
No epidemiological field studies of the rheumatic diseases have been undertaken in the Coloured population of South Africa. As a group they are genetically heterogenous and in comparative medicine they have tended to occupy an intermediate position between Black and White South Africans. A study of …
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The Epidemiology and Patient Perspectives of Glucocorticoid Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Inflammatory Diseases
… and harms of GC treatment in inflammatory rheumatic diseases, with an emphasis on rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The introduction summarises inflammation as a normal physiological process, and its contribution to chronic inflammatory diseases, commonly treated with GCs. It further describes GCs …
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Systemic sclerosis. Novel molecular and epidemiological features of disease.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic rheumatic disease with significant mortality and morbidity. Different estimations of disease prevalence and incidence have been presented from various parts of the world. While lung involvement is a common cause of SSc-related death, a majority of SSc patients …
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ΑΝΤΙΣΩΜΑΤΑ ΚΑΤΑ ΔΕΟΞΥΡΙΒΟΝΟΥΚΛΕΙΚΟΥ ΟΞΕΟΣ (DNA). ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΓΚΡΙΣΗ ΜΕΘΟΔΩΝ ΠΡΟΣΔΙΟΡΙΣΜΟΥ, ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΣΗΜΑΣΙΑ
… DNA IN 224 OF SERA OF PATIENTS WITH AUTOIMMUNE RHEUMATIC DISEASES AND 119 SERA OF HEALTHY BLOOD DONORS. THE PRESENCE OF BOTH IGG AND IGM ANTI DS DNA WAS HIGHLY CORRELATED WITH SLE. IN ADDITION SERUM COMPLEMENT C3 AND C4 LEVELS CORRELATED NEGATIVELY WITH ANTI DS DNA LEVELS. FINALLY IN SEQUENTIAL …
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ΑΝΤΙΣΩΜΑΤΑ ΚΑΤΑ ΚΑΡΔΙΟΛΙΠΙΝΗΣ: ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΣΗΜΑΣΙΑ
… 361 UNSELECTED PATIENTS WITH VARIOUS AUTOIMMUNE RHEUMATIC DISEASES (ARD) ASWELL AS 267 HEALTHY BLOOD DONORS. HIGH LEVELS OF ANTI-CL WERE FOUND MAINLY IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSIS AND PATIENTS WITH OVERLAPPING SYNDROMES. THE PRESENCE OF ANTI-CL WAS CORRELATED WITH THE PRESENCE OF …
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Resistively heated fabrics for use in wearable therapeutic devices by Aria H. Reynolds.
… require constant care or treatment for chronic diseases have few choices available to them in terms of medical devices. Many available medical products focus only on their functionality, and neglect fashion, convenience, and comfort. Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases are the cause of most …
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Investigation of the Serological Changes that Discriminate Asymptomatic Antinuclear Antibody Positive Individuals from Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Patients
… antibody (ANA) associated Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases (SARDs) are chronic rheumatic disorders associated with high morbidity. Many patients with these diseases have irreversible tissue damage at disease presentation. Current therapies aim to control symptoms and prevent further …
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Long-term Comparative Effectiveness of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Strategies
… US population, and is one of the most demanding diseases on our healthcare resources. Biologic disease modifiers are new drugs that provide hope to improve the course of RA; however, biologics are among the most expensive specialty drugs. Although the treatment costs of RA have recently increased …
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Complement in Disease - Extracellular Proteins as Complement Regulators
… activation occurs during inflammatory joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is thought to contribute to the chronic inflammation observed within the joints. Previous studies have shown that certain cartilage components of the small leucine-rich repeat protein (SLRP)-family …
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Monogenetic Immune Dysregulation Syndromes and their Effect on the Plasma Cell Compartment
… patients with primary immunodeficiency (PID) or rheumatic diseases, these interactions are altered. Plasma cells (PC) and their B cell progenitors, that play a key role in maintaining humoral and cellular memory, are impaired within these patients. We characterised different features of plasma …
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Prevalence, physical activity and work in patients with spondyloarthritis
… (SpA) is a group of interrelated inflammatory rheumatic diseases with the sub-diagnoses ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), arthritis-associated inflammatory bowel disease (Aa-IBD), undifferentiated SpA (USpA), where stiffness and pain are key symptoms. Insidious onset back …
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Interstitial lung disease (ILD) in adult patients with autoimmune connective tissue disease (CTD) at Groote Schuur Hospital
… (ILD) is prevalent in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD), leads to significant morbidity and mortality and is poorly characterized in South Africa (SA). We undertook this study to describe the clinical, serological and radiological features of ILD associated with ARD in a tertiary …
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Distinct Examples of Immunologic Analysis in Molecular and Cellular Biology: Small Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins and the T Cell Receptor
… cellular biology and metabolism. The spectrum of diseases which present with antibodies directed against cellular constituents is vast although certain features of these conditions imply common aspects which may, furthermore, be of some diagnostic use.</p>
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An investigation into the risk factors of musculoskeletal diseases and the association between chronic diseases of lifestyle in an under-resourced area of the Cape Town Metropole
… disease and chronic noncommunicable diseases of lifestyle, however, there is inadequate South African evidence regarding these inter-relationships and possible risk factors. This highlights a gap in research as management may not be appropriately targeted toward risk factors and thus …