Rheumatoid cachexia is under-recognized in clinical practice. The loss of lean body tissue, which characterizes cachexia, is often compensated for by gain in body fat-so called 'cachectic obesity'-so… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To investigate whether radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) is asymmetric and greater on the right side than on the left side in the hands, hips, and knees.
METHODS
Participants were 489… (More)
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To investigate whether antidrug antibodies and/or drug non-trough levels predict the long-term treatment response in a large cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with… (More)
BACKGROUND
To compare the core hand and knee examination skills gained by undergraduates taught either by trained patient educators (PEs) or by doctors.
METHODS
A total of 50 final year medical… (More)
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To examine the rates of and risk factors for neutropenia together with the dynamics of neutrophil and other white cell subset counts in a cohort of patients treated with a tumor necrosis… (More)
OBJECTIVES
Anti-TNF therapy has improved outcomes for patients with highly active RA. Less is known about its effectiveness in patients with lower disease activity. The aim of this analysis is to… (More)
The contribution of genes within the major histocompatibility complex to rheumatoid arthritis has been calculated (Rotter & Landaw 1984). Separate data from hospital- and population-based studies of… (More)