rheumatic diseases
Fasting and rheumatic diseases
... - Patients with severe stress for whom fasting can lead to disease exacerbation - Patients becoming stressed due to feeling guilty of not fasting in Ramadan. In case there are no special prohibitions on fasting for these ...
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Coupling of atherosclerosis progression and bone disturbances in inflammatory rheumatic diseases
... We have further evaluated how bone metabolism biomarkers, specifically sRANKL and OPG, are affected by inflammatory rheumatic diseases, specifically in SLE patients (part III). We have found that OPG serum ...
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Patients- and physicians- priorities for improvement. The case of rheumatic diseases
... Physicians gave the psycho-social dimensions of these rheumatic diseases a higher priority than patients did. This may represent a true difference in the representation of the disease, but other fac- tors, ...
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Off-label use of rituximab in systemic rheumatic diseases: case series
... B-cells play an important role not only in cellular but also in humoral immunity through differentiation into plasma cells and antibody production. B-cell depletion may, theoretically, change the course of systemic ...
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Human papillomavirus infection and cervical lesions in rheumatic diseases: a systematic review.
... In conclusion, the studies showed an increased prevalence of cervical dysplasia and cancer, with the HPV infection being an important associated factor, in particular in SLE patients. The data relatively to other ...
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Spectrum of central nervous system involvement in rheumatic diseases: pictorial essay
... The rheumatic diseases, which include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Behçet’s disease, scleroderma, and ankylosing spondylitis, are characterized by involvement of connective tissue, ...
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How painful can it be? Rheumatic diseases through the eyes of future nurses
... Rheumatic diseases, by their nature and symptoms are one of the diseases that have the greatest impact on public health, affecting thousands of people, and being directly responsible for serious ...
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Frequency of rheumatic diseases in Portugal: a systematic review
... RMP bibliographic database, periodic general health surveys such as the 4th National Health Sur- vey and publications including information on rheumatic diseases. In addition to this strategy, we also ...
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Disability relating to instrumental activities of daily living in the elderly with rheumatic diseases
... considered elderly persons residing in the urban areas of seven cities located in the southern, southeastern, northern and northeastern regions of Brazil, with different demographic profiles. Studies addressing basic and ...
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Biologic therapy use and pregnancy outcomes in women with immune-mediated inflammatory rheumatic diseases
... inflammatory rheumatic diseases arise concerns about their side effects and interactions with repro- duction and ...bowel diseases (IBD) than in rheumatic conditions 1 ...
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Prophylaxis of hepatitis B reactivation with immunosuppressive therapy in rheumatic diseases. Orientations for clinical practice
... for rheumatic diseases and to porpose prophylactic ...of rheumatic diseases and taking into account the experience obtained in other areas where there is more extensive knowledge on this ...
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Prevalence of self-reported rheumatic diseases in a portuguese population
... 18. Hochberg MC, Silman AJ, Smolen JS, Weinblatt ME, Weisman MH. Rheumatology. 4th ed. Edinburgh: Mosby-Elsevier; 2008. 19. Matos AA, Branco JC, Canas Silva J, Viana Queiroz M, Pádua F. Inquérito epidemiológico de ...
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CoReumaPt Protocol: the Portuguese Cohort of Rheumatic Diseases
... Methods: An open cohort will be created, initially com- posed by the randomly selected population of the cross- sectional National Epidemiological Rheumatic Diseases study (EpiReumaPt) and afterwards by ...
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Monoclonal gammopathy and rheumatic diseases
... The advances in the understanding of the pathoge- nesis of many of these diseases have led to the develop- ment of new treatment targets. Biological agents, as for example the inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor ...
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Disability relating to instrumental activities of daily living in the elderly with rheumatic diseases
... O presente estudo teve por objetivo caracterizar o perfil sociodemográfico dos idosos com artrite ou reumatismo em relação ao sexo; estimar a prevalência e os fatores associados à i[r] ...
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Amyloidosis secondary to rheumatic diseases 16 cases
... Pre va len ce of amy- loid de po si ti on in long stan ding rheu ma toid arthri tis in Ira nian pa ti ents by ab do mi nal sub cu ta ne ous fat bi opsy and as sessment of cli ni cal and [r] ...
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Vaccination against yellow fever among patients on immunosuppressors with diagnoses of rheumatic diseases
... Reumatologia do Hospital Universitário de Brasília (HUB) e do Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal (HBDF), além de pacientes de consultórios privados, com diagnósticos de doenças reumá[r] ...
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Anti CD20 (Rituximab) therapy in refractory pediatric rheumatic diseases
... Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) are probably the most cli - nical relevant chronic rheumatic disorders of pediatric age where autoimm[r] ...
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Rev. Bras. Reumatol. vol.53 número2 en v53n2a08
... with rheumatic diseases are more susceptible to infection, due to the underlying disease itself or to its ...infectious diseases that can be ...in rheumatic patients on immunosuppressive ...
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Clinics vol.68 número2
... other rheumatic diseases, we and others have previously demonstrated appropriate pandemic 2009 influ- enza A (H1N1) response and vaccine safety in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, ...
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