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The pharmacokinetic profile of a single 10 mg oral dose of prednisolone was studied in three groups of six patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and bronchial asthma (BA) who were already receiving steroid therapy. A fourth group of age and sex-matched normal controls
The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio (MLR) are indicators of systemic inflammation and are useful as markers in systemic rheumatic diseases. In this study, we compared the NLR, PLR, and MLR among patients with BACKGROUND: The objective of the present study was to compare the silent form of giant cell arteritis (GCA) to the classic cephalic form of the disease. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study based on a chart review of 50 consecutive, biopsy-proven GCA, recorded at a department of internal
The lesions in temporal arteritis (TA) are known to be often segmental and the pathologic study of involved temporal arteries may be falsely negative. Several reports suggest that direct immunofluorescence (IF) may be of value in the diagnosis of the disease. We have studied by IF 101 consecutive
The erythrocyte sedimentation rate is one of the most frequently used laboratory tests in clinical medicine. The sedimentation rate is determined by the aggregation of erythrocytes, in which plasmatic and erythrocytic factors are involved. Plasmatic factors include high-molecular proteins such as