Identification of radiologic healing phenomena in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Objective: Conventional radiographic scoring methods in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are designed to quantify progression and disregard any improvement. Reparative changes observed during longterm followup of RA have rarely been described as healing phenomena. Healing may become increasingly important with the availability of more potent antirheumatic drugs.

[Susceptibility to infections in diabetes--effects on metabolism].

Diabetic patients suffer from recurrent episodes of infections. The cellular and the humoral elements of the defense system against germ invasion are disturbed by the diabetic metabolism. Neuropathy and vascular damage promote the development of wounds and inhibit their healing.

[Comparison of granulocyte function in diabetes mellitus type 1 and type 2].

The phagocytosis rate of polymorphonuclear leucocytes was measured by flow-cytometry. Vital bacteria were incubated in whole blood. 111 blood samples were measured, 54 in diabetic patients (14 type 1 and 40 type 2), the rest of 57 samples in healthy controls.