Evaluación clínica y ultrasonográfica de la glándula tiroides en pacientes con artritis reumatoide.

IntroducciÓn: Los pacientes con artritis reumatoide pueden desarrollar enfermedad tiroidea autoinmune (ETA), cuyo diagnóstico clínico puede ser difícil debido a que ambas comparten síntomas como artralgias, mialgias, rigidez matutina o fatiga.

Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de ETA en pacientes con artritis reumatoide.

MÉtodo: Estudio transversal que incluyó 78 pacientes con artritis reumatoide y 81 controles clínicamente sanos pareados por edad y sexo.

Disease Activity Score on 28 Joints and Polypharmacy Are Independent Predictors for Health-Related Quality of Life Evaluated by INCAVISA in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the main factors associated to a diminished health-related quality of life (HRQoL) evaluated by INCAVISA (Health-Related Quality of Life Inventory for Latin American Patients) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: Female, 18 years or older, RA (American College of Rheumatology 1987 criteria and American College of Rheumatology/European League against Rheumatism 2010 criteria) patients who attended the outpatient rheumatology department of the Hospital Civil "Dr. Juan I.

Endoluminal occlusion devices: technology update.

Endoluminal occlusion has been performed since the early beginning of interventional radiology. Over recent decades, major technological advances have improved the techniques used and different devices have been developed for changing conditions. Most of these occlusion devices have been implemented in the vascular territory.

Low levels of CD36 in peripheral blood monocytes in subclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study in a Mexican population.

Unlabelled: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher risk for atherosclerosis. There is no clinical information about scavenger receptor CD36 and the development of subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with RA. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between membrane expression of CD36 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in patients with RA.

The distribution of CD56(dim) CD16+ and CD56(bright) CD16- cells are associated with prolactin levels during pregnancy and menstrual cycle in healthy women.

Problem: The pregnancy and menstrual cycle (MC) are the main physiologic events linked to the human reproduction. An adequate neuroendocrine axis is mandatory for the homeostasis in both events. To analyze the distribution of NK, T, Treg cells, expression of their receptors and to associate with hormone levels in pregnant and MC in healthy women.

IL-17 increased in the third trimester in healthy women with term labor.

Introduction: The function, peripheral blood expression, and physiologic importance of IL-17 is not well established. Detection of IL-17 in sera and plasma samples from patients with pre-eclampsia has been reported with inconsistent results. To establish the l levels of the IL-17 at peripheral level, we studied prospectively a cohort of 13 healthy pregnant women.