[Frequency and severity of periodontitis among patients with rheumatoid arthritis].

Background: Periodontitis may have a triggering and aggravating role of various medical conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis.

Aim: To evaluate the periodontal status in Chilean patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), treated in a public hospital.

Patients And Methods: A trained professional conducted a periodontal examination in 40 patients with RA aged 23 to 73 years (85% women).

Clinical and genetic features of hereditary periodic fever syndromes in Hispanic patients: the Chilean experience.

Hereditary periodic fever syndromes (HPFS) are rare genetic diseases characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammation. Little information is available concerning HPFS in Latin American Hispanic population. The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical and genetic features of HPFS in Chilean population.

Increased risk of peripheral arterial disease in polymyalgia rheumatica: a population-based cohort study.

Introduction: The present study was conducted to determine whether patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are at an increased risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

Methods: An inception cohort of all Olmsted County, Minnesota residents diagnosed with PMR between 1 January 1970 and 31 December 1999 was compared with non-PMR subjects (two for each PMR subject) from among residents. Both cohorts were followed longitudinally by complete medical record review from the incidence date of PMR (or index date for the non-PMR cohort) until death, incident PAD, migration, or 31 December 2006.