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Arch Rheumatol
December 2024
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Türkiye.
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the thermal characteristics of the small joints of the hands between patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and healthy controls.
Patients And Methods: Between December 2020 and May 2021, a total of 52 RA patients (9 males, 43 females; mean age: 52.1±11.
Arch Rheumatol
December 2024
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Türkiye.
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate levels of fecal calprotectin (FC), a biomarker that helps distinguish irritable bowel syndrome from inflammatory gut disorders, in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and compare them to healthy controls.
Patients And Methods: The cross-sectional study was carried out on patients diagnosed with FMS according to the ACR (American College of Rheumatology) 2016 classification and healthy controls between January 2021 and February 2022. FMS patients were grouped according to the absence (Group 1) or presence (Group 2) of gastrointestinal symptoms.
J Am Coll Radiol
March 2025
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; Chair, ACR Patient- and Family-Centered Care Outreach Committee; Vice President, Wisconsin Radiological Society; Assistant Editor, JACR. Electronic address:
Objective: Studies conducted prior to COVID-19 suggested that racial and ethnic disparities in mammographic screening have reduced over time. COVID-19 has had devastating effects on racial and ethnic minority populations, resulting in delays in preventive screening. Our purpose was to determine if racial and ethnic minority groups were less likely to receive mammographic screening during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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February 2025
Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Objective: To develop a Register-Based Organ Damage Index (RBODI) in SLE, and evaluate its accuracy in estimating Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology (SLICC/ACR) Damage Index (SDI) scores. Additionally, to describe organ damage accrual and associations with mortality in a Swedish population-based nationwide cohort.
Methods: SDI items were translated into diagnosis, treatment and procedural codes retrieved from Swedish health registers.
World J Surg
February 2025
Department of Endocrine Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India.
Background: Pathological complete response (PCR) is the surrogate marker of the outcome of a breast cancer patient. Breast cancer (BC) patients have variable responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). The effect of chemotherapy on mammographic density (MD) is unclear in the literature.
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