100 research outputs found
The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Clinical Parameters in Female Psa Patients
No full textNAS, Kemal/0000-0002-5845-0851; Acer Kasman, Sevtap/0000-0002-4805-0555; Yurdakul, Ozan Volkan/0000-0003-4567-8133; Alkan Melikoglu, Meltem/0000-0001-7519-9470; TEKEOGLU, IBRAHIM/0000-0003-3395-7178[No Abstract Available]Science Citation Index Expande
Clinical and Ultrasonographic Findings in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: An 18-Month Follow-Up Cohort Study
No full textConclusions: Radiographic damage progresses at the similar severity in early and very early RA patients. The most important factor affecting the radiographic damage progression is the severity of US synovitis at the baseline and in the 1st month, independently of the disease activity
Ultrasonographic Characteristics of Femoral Trochlear Cartilage in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
No full textConclusion: Compared with cartilage thickness, cartilage clarity appears to be a very successful parameter in reflecting the patient's quality of life and functional status
Presence of enthesopathy in patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome: ultrasonographic study of a local cohort
No full textIn this study, it was shown that the MASEI scores assessed by US were significantly higher in patients with PSS than in healthy controls. Plantar fascia, Achilles tendon, and distal patellar tendon were significantly thicker in the PSS group than in the healthy controls. This result suggests that PSS may be one of the causes of musculoskeletal pain that can be seen in patients with PSS. Our study was the first study to use an enthesis index ultrasonographically in patients with PSS. In addition, it is the first study to investigate the relationship between the presence of enthesopathy and disease activity by means of US
Ankle pathologies in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a clinical and ultrasonographic study
No full textConclusion: Tendon involvement in our RA patients was observed more frequently than has been previously estimated. TP tenosynovitis appears to be more specific for RA, while Achilles tendinitis is more frequent in axial SpA and reactive arthritis. Tibiotalar joint involvement exhibits a time-dependent significant increase in frequency in patients with RA
THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN CLINICAL AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC REMISSION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
No full textSeasonal disease activity and serum vitamin D levels in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and osteoarthritis
No full textConclusion: These results suggest that vitamin D does not have an important role in the seasonal disease activity of these diseases and that seasonal changes in disease activity may play an important role in evaluating Ankylosing Spondylitis patients rather than Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis patients and should be taken into account when examining these patients. These conclusions need to be validated in multicenter studies with high number of patients
Nailfold videocapillaroscopy results in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
No full textWe aimed to analyse the nailfold capillaryscopy findings morphologically and examine their relationship with disease activity and demographic characteristics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. In accordance with the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria, 201 patients diagnosed with Romatoiad artrit (RA) and 50 healthy controls were included. We analysed capillaroscopic abnormalities such asmegacapillaries, haemorrhages, ramifications and avascular areas in patients affected with rheumatoid arthritis. The findings in our study are as follows: in 45.77% of the RA patients, there were nonspecific capillaryscopy findings. When compared to control group, the incidence of tortuosity, dilated capillary and bushy capillary was higher in RA patients (p values, respectively, 0.110, 0.330, 0.440 and 0.516). In RA patients with Raynaud's phenomenon, the incidence of nonspecific capillaryscopy findings was higher. While there is a weak relationship between tortuosity and the duration of disease, no significant relation was detected between capillaryscopy findings and parameters such as RF, anti-CCP positivity and disease activity score (DAS28). When compared to controls, we have detected that RA patients have more nonspecific capillaryscopic findings. We could not find a relationship between nonspecific capillaryscopic findings and RA'a clinical findings and laboratory parameters. There is a need for a long-term wider-scale follow-up study to investigate whether there is a capillaryscopic pattern that can be correlated with RA's clinical findings
Identification of ESM-1 as a new endothelial biomarker in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis
No full textThe aim of this study was to investigate the use of ESM-1 (endothelial cell-specific molecule-1) as a new biomarker for the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The study cohort was divided into four groups according to the DAS28 disease activity score: 16 patients were classified as being in remission (DAS28 5.1); 20 healthy subjects were included as a control group. Serum samples were gathered from the patients with documented seropositivity for rheumatoid factor (RF) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in order to assess RF IgM and ESM-1. ESM-1 levels were significantly higher in patients with RA than in healthy subjects (p = 0.035). The data presented here strongly indicate ESM-1 as an attractive target for the treatment of inflammation-related diseases, such as RA
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