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Mod Rheumatol
December 2024
Department of General Practice N2, South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
J Clin Med
December 2024
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Despite remarkable advances in the management of RA, there are still unmet needs that rheumatologists need to address. In this review, we focused on difficult-to-treat RA (D2T RA) and late-onset RA (LORA), and summarized their characteristics and management. The prevalence of D2T RA is reported to be 6-28% and many factors have been identified as risk factors for D2T RA, including female sex, long disease duration, seropositivity for rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody and their high titer, baseline high disease activity, and comorbidities.
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January 2025
Kastamonu Training and Research Hospital, Division of Rheumatology, University of Health Sciences, Kastamonu, Turkey.
Purpose: This study aims to compare the prevalence of depression and related geriatric syndromes in earlier-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA) patients, who have experienced prolonged inflammation and medication use, with those with late-onset rheumatoid arthritis (LORA) patients, who often present with an acute and severe course.
Methods: In this multidisciplinary study, patients with EORA and LORA aged 60 and over who were referred to a tertiary rheumatology clinic underwent a geronto-rheumatologic evaluation. Muscle mass and handgrip strength, cognitive function, nutritional status, Fried frailty index, fall history, gait speed, depression according to Geriatric Depression Scale and Insomnia Severity Index were recorded.
Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo)
December 2024
Departamento de Ortopedia e Anestesiologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
This study presents a retrospective study of persistent median artery associated with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). A retrospective study of the persistent median artery and CTS. Exclusion criteria were patients who did not present persistent median artery, those who were diabetic, or had rheumatoid diseases, and those who decided not to do the surgery.
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December 2024
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan.
Objectives: To compare treatment outcomes in patients with late-onset rheumatoid arthritis (LORA) and younger-onset rheumatoid arthritis (YORA).
Methods: We analyzed patients diagnosed with early rheumatoid arthritis (disease duration < 2 years) between 2000 and 2016 in the IORRA cohort. Patients were categorized into LORA (onset at ≥ 65 years) and YORA (onset at < 65 years).
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