Plasma asymmetric dimethylargin ...
Conclusive data about the prevalence of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerotic process in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients with respect to ...
Performance of global assessmen ...
The objective of this study is to compare patients’ global assessments of change in knee, hip, and back symptoms with actual changes over time in pa ...
Microalbuminuria in rheumatoid ...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) associates with excess cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. New screening tools are needed to better identify pati ...
Impact of tight control strateg ...
The aim of our study is to describe the impact of tight control strategy on the care of RA patients in Sarawak General Hospital. We performed a pros ...
MRI findings of neuro-Behcet’s ...
Neurological manifestations present in 5% to 30% of patients with Behçet’s disease. We studied consecutive patients with relapsing–remitting or prog ...
Sonographic subclinical enthese ...
Long-term dialysis treatment can be associated with several musculoskeletal complications. Entheseal involvement in dialysis patients remains rarely ...
Observational studies: a valuab ...
The validity of observational studies is sometimes questioned because of the limitations of non-randomly assigned controls, various biases such as c ...
Psychometric properties of the ...
Mindfulness-based interventions are increasingly being used in clinical populations to reduce psychological distress and improve functioning. The Fi ...
Adaptation of Turkish version o ...
The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Quick Disability of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (Quic ...
Association of an intronic SNP ...
SLC2A9 is a novel identified urate transporter influencing uric acid metabolism. It has been suggested that the single-nucleotide polymorphisms in S ...
The validity and reliability of ...
The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR) attempts to address the limitations of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ). As there is ...
Clinical manifestations of neur ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate neurological manifestations of primary Sjِgren’s syndrome (pSS) and investigate the etiology and pathogenesis ...
The effects of strength and end ...
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) suffer from muscle loss, causing reduced muscle strength and endurance. The current study aimed to: (1) eval ...
Th-17 associated cytokines in p ...
We and others have previously shown that IL-17 is elevated in the synovial fluid of patients with reactive arthritis (ReA)/undifferentiated spondylo ...
Assessing joint involvement in ...
Because of joint haemorrhages, severe haemophilia subjects often have limitations in their daily activities. Current orthopaedic scores (OJS) in hae ...
The economic burden of rheumato ...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) not only causes significant morbidity, but also leads to substantial losses in terms of productivity that have a negative ...
Clinic and ultrasound findings ...
The aim of this study was to determine clinical and US factors associated with pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The study included 14 ...
Serological investigation of Ig ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether clinical improvement in patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) taking oral Bovine type II colla ...
Patterns of background factors ...
The aim of the present study was to identify patterns of background factors related to the early RA patients’ conceptions of the cause of the diseas ...
18F-FDG PET as a diagnostic pro ...
Large vessel vasculitis can be visualized by 18F-FDG positron emission tomography (PET). However, the diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET is yet to be ...
Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene ...
It is well established that there are people with higher risk of developing acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD).Mediterran ...
Serum cysteine proteases and th ...
This study aims to investigate the serum levels of cysteine proteases cathepsins B and H and their inhibitors stefin A, stefin B, and cystatin C, as ...
Gender and age impacts on the c ...
Prevalence of both metabolic syndrome (MS) and hyperuricemia are increasing. However, findings regarding their relationships are inconsistent. We ai ...
Increasing levels of serum anti ...
Oxidative stress is one of the important factors that contribute to tissue damage in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Since the physiological response to o ...
The value of early intervention ...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with progressive joint destruction, with functional status influenced by both disease activity and radiograp ...