Abstract:
:The clinical features, serology behaviour, scintiscan characteristics and the degree of X-ray progression according to the disease duration were compared in two RA groups with a disease onset after 65 years of age (LORA) and before 65 (EORA) respectively. No differences emerged in either the clinical findings or in the scintiscan picture. A sub-group of LORA showed acute flares of the illness presenting with very high ESR values and high fever. The erosive index (EI) evaluated in three areas (carpal-bone and wrist, MCP and PIP joints) revealed an undistinguishable degree of X-ray damage either in seropositive or seronegative patients, whereas seropositive EORA fared clearly worse than seronegative ones. A prospective study in two small sub-groups of LORA and EORA revealed a progression of X-ray erosions despite second line drug treatment in both groups, especially in LORA.
journal_name
Clin Exp Rheumatoljournal_title
Clinical and experimental rheumatologyauthors
Ferraccioli GF,Cavalieri F,Mercadanti M,Conti G,Viviano P,Ambanelli Usubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-04-01 00:00:00pages
157-61issue
2eissn
0392-856Xissn
1593-098Xjournal_volume
2pub_type
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更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
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doi:
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doi:
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更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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