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More than Ankylosing Spondylitis
Costa, T.; Falcao, Sandra; Mateus, M.; Branco, Jaime
Spectrum of ankylosing spondylitis in Portugal. Development of BASDAI, BASFI, B...
M. Pimentel-Santos, F.; Mourão, Ana Filipa; Ribeiro, Célia; Costa, J. A.; Santos, Helena; Barcelos, A.; Pinto, Patricia; Godinho, F.; Cruz, MargaridaThe availability of population-specific normative data regarding disease severity measures is essential for patient assessment. The goals of the current study were to characterize the pattern of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in Portuguese patients and to develop reference centile charts for BASDAI, BASFI, BASMI and mSASSS, the most widely used assessment tools in AS. AS cases were recruited from hospital outpatie...
Fibrodisplasia óssea e síndrome de McCune - Albright
Silva, I.; Mateus, M.; Branco, JaimeFibrous dysplasia of bone or Jaffe Lischtenstein's disease is a genetic, non-inheritable disease of bone development, characterized by bone pain, deformities and fracture, mainly observed in young adults. The frequency is equal between sexes. Mutations in the gene coding the GSA, GNAS complex, results in osteoblastic differentiation defects, and bone resorption. The disease can have a monostotic or polyostotic ...
Velocidade de sedimentaçāo ou proteína c reactiva. Que variáveis utilizar na av...
Silva, I.; Mateus, M.; Branco, JaimeObjective: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) disease activity plays an important role in patients' disability. A standardized approach to measure it was achieved by using disease activity score (DAS) based on erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and more recently C-reactive protein (CRP). In this study we will assess the role and influence of ESR and CRP in evaluating and assessing the disease activity. Methods: This i...