Patients with clinically suspect joint pain have an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects a person’s joints, causing pain and disability. It is more common in older people, but it has a high incidence in young people as well. It affects both men and women. […]
Month: October 2016
Regression of skin fibrosis can be predicted using mRSS scores
People with advanced skin fibrosis are more likely to regress in the next year than those with milder skin fibrosis. INTRODUCTION Systemic sclerosis is a rare but serious disease of the connective tissue. An initial potential damage to the tissue due to yet unknown triggers causes the activation of the immune system (autoimmunity) and affects […]