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View article: Bone Mineral Density in Patients With Early- Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Bone Mineral Density in Patients With Early- Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis Open
Objective: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory and destructive joint disease that affects 0.5-1% of the world's population and commonly leads to significant disability and consequent impairment of quality of life.Osteoporos…
View article: Evaluation of the Efficacy of Combined Therapy of Methotrexate and Etanercept versus Methotrexate as a Mono-Therapy
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Combined Therapy of Methotrexate and Etanercept versus Methotrexate as a Mono-Therapy Open
AIM: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Methotrexate (MTX) alone and combined therapy with Etanercept (ETN) and Methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).METHODS: In the randomised control study, conducted in …
View article: Prevalence of Coxitis and its Correlation with Inflammatory Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Prevalence of Coxitis and its Correlation with Inflammatory Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Open
BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease characterised by intra-articular and extra-articular manifestations but very rarely with coxitis.AIM: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of coxitis, cl…
View article: Prevalence of Asymptomatic Arterial Hypertension and Its Correlation with Inflammatory Activity in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Prevalence of Asymptomatic Arterial Hypertension and Its Correlation with Inflammatory Activity in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Open
BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that worsens during the course of the disease and can cause disability. Early RA refers to the onset of symptoms within the past 3 months. In RA, increased le…
View article: The Impact of Low-Dose Disease-modifying Anti-rheumatics Drugs (DMARDs) on Bone Mineral Density of Premenopausal Women in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Impact of Low-Dose Disease-modifying Anti-rheumatics Drugs (DMARDs) on Bone Mineral Density of Premenopausal Women in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Open
Based on the results of our study, low dose of methotrexate has no negative effect on BMD in premenopausal RA patients. We believe that these results might provide new insights and that further longitudinal studies with larger groups of pr…
View article: Association of Body Weight and Body Mass Index with Bone Mineral Density in Women and Men from Kosovo
Association of Body Weight and Body Mass Index with Bone Mineral Density in Women and Men from Kosovo Open
Despite positive association between BMI and lumbar spine and total hip BMD in menopausal women, presence of more obese and osteoporotic subjects among menopausal women represent a population at risk for fractures because of poor balance a…