Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, inflammatory, systemic autoimmune disease that initially affects small joints, and gradually involves larger joints with varying degree of severity. Apart from joint damage and bony erosion, pain is a common a...
People at Increased Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with RA often experience a reduced quality of life in several domains, such as physical health, level of independence, environment, and personal beliefs, compared with the healthy population ...
A Brief Glance at JIA JIA is defined as a childhood chronic inflammatory arthritis with onset prior to age 16 years and a minimum duration of 6 weeks, following the exclusion of other causes. Currently, the International League of Associations for R...
The Complexity of NPSLE The definition of neuropsychiatric symptoms in SLE (NPSLE) is a tough challenge owing to the broad spectrum of neuropsychiatric (NP) symptoms that it encompasses, most of which are non-specific. In 1999, the American College ...