Abstract Patients with Sjögren's syndrome are at a higher risk to develop oral candidiasis than the general population. As antifungals have many side-effects, new approaches are needed to address this problem. This randomized controlled study aimed to evaluate the short-term efficacy of probiotics in the reduction of oral candidal growth in patients with SS. Thirty-two Sjogren’s syndrome patients were randomly allocated in two groups receiving either Probiotics or placebo capsules...
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Abstract Malaysia is a developing country in the South-East Asian region with a significant burden of disability from musculoskeletal disease. Rheumatology in Malaysia is a relatively young speciality. Currently, there is approximately 1 rheumatologist per 390,000 population, mostly concentrated in the urban areas. This article aims to give a brief overview of the research in rheumatology, the healthcare system, and rheumatology training and education in Malaysia. From 1950 until...
Abstract The aim of this study was to generate practical recommendations to assist rheumatologists and dermatologists in the management of cardiovascular (CV) comorbidities in patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis (MS-PSO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). A two-round Delphi study was conducted. A panel of experts rated their agreement with a set of statements (n = 52) on a nine-point Likert scale (1 = totally disagree; 9 = totally agree). Statements were classified as inappropriate...
Abstract Cervical spine involvement may lead to severe complications in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In the era of modern therapies, atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS) may be rare; however, it may still be detected in asymptomatic patients. The onset of myelopathy can occur at any time. Altogether 49 female RA patients were included. Among them, 15 were methotrexate treated, biologic free, while 34 patients received biologics. The patients had no cervical pain or any neurological symptoms....
Abstract The objective of this study is to investigate the association of clinical markers of obesity and weight trajectories with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). This is a cross-sectional study using baseline data from ELSA-Brasil MSK cohort. CMP was evaluated at nine body sites (neck, shoulders, upper back, elbows, lower back, wrists/hands, hips/thighs, knees, ankles/feet), and defined as pain lasting > 6 months in the past year. General and abdominal obesity levels...
Abstract In December 2019, numerous coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases were reported in Wuhan, China, which has since spread throughout the world. However, its impact on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients is unknown. Herein, we report a case of COVID-19 pneumonia in a 61-year-old female RA patient who was receiving conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (cDMARDs). The patient presented with a 4-day history of myalgia and febrile sensation. COVID-19 was confirmed...
Abstract The purpose of this study is to compare incidence of degenerative scoliosis (DS) in patients who diagnosed lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) with or without rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and identify the risk factors of DS severity in RA patients. 61 LSS patients with RA (RA group) and 87 demographic-matched LSS patients without RA (NoRA group) from January 2013 to April 2018 were enrolled. The extracted information includes RA-related parameters such as Steinbrocker classification,...
Abstract Systemic sclerosis is a rare systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease which is thought to be polygenic disorder contributed by both genetic and environmental factors. A positive family history of SSc is the strongest risk factor yet identified for SSc; however, the absolute risk for each family member remains quite low. A systematic literature search was performed in MEDLINE and Scopus database for studies published only in English that investigated the prevalence of SSc...
Abstract The aim of this study is to evaluate the density of retinal vascular structures and their relationship with disease duration and activity in patients with axial spondylarthritis (axSpA) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A). In this case–control study, 56 eyes of 29 axSpA patients and 61 eyes of 31 healthy controls (HCs) were evaluated using OCT-A. The capillary plexus density (CPD) of vessels in the parafovea and perifovea regions was evaluated from...
Abstract There are contradictory results in the relevant literature about the relationship between objective determinants of craniocervical posture and temporomandibular disorder (TMD), whereas no study has worked on ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and TMD relationship. We conducted this study to test the predictors of TMD in AS patients and its relationship with craniocervical posture. AS patients aged between 18 and 50 years consecutively admitted to our outpatient clinics were...
Abstract IgA vasculitis, formerly known as Henoch–Schonlein purpura (HSP), is the most common form of systemic vasculitis in children and is characterized by inflammation of the small vessels with typical deposition of IgA immune complexes. It is a leukocytoclastic type of vasculitis and is characterized by a tetrad of clinical manifestations: non-thrombocytopenia or coagulopathy-induced palpable purpura, arthritis, or arthralgia, gastrointestinal, and renal involvement. The...
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Abstract As observed among residents in electronic waste (e-waste) recycling areas, dioxins can disrupt the homeostasis of endocrine hormones and the balance of thyroid hormones. Few studies, however, have examined whether e-waste recycling activities influence steroid hormone equilibrium in the general adult male population. This study evaluated the association between steroid hormones and the physical burdens of dioxins in the general adult male population residing in an e-waste...
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Abstract Objective To investigate cognitive dysfunction in adult patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) who had no known clinical neurological manifestations and to relate it with other disease severity parameters. Methods In the present study, 20 SSc consecutive female patients, who met the 2013 American College of Rheumatology SSc criteria,...
Abstract Aim of the work To determine the role of Interleukin-34 (IL-34) in the pathogenesis of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (J-SLE), by exploring the relationship between IL-34 concentration and the disease activity Subjects and methods This study was carried out on 48 children with SLE, and 30 healthy control subjects. SLE disease...
The name of the author of the original published version of this article was presented incorrectly. The author name “Antonietta Gigantea” should have been presented as “Antonietta Gigante”. This has been correctly presented above
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