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Which is the best cutoff of body mass index to identify obesity in female patie...
Guimarães,Maria Fernanda B. Resende; Pinto,Maria Raquel da Costa; Raid,Renata G. Santos Couto; Andrade,Marcus Vinícius Melo de; Kakehasi,Adriana MariaABSTRACT Introduction: Standard anthropometric measures used to diagnose obesity in the general population may not have the same performance in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Objective: To determine cutoff points for body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) for detecting obesity in women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by comparing these standard anthropometric measures to a dual-energy X-ray abso...
Posicionamento sobre o uso de tofacitinibe no algoritmo do Consenso 2012 da Soc...
Mota,Licia Maria Henrique da; Cruz,Bóris Afonso; Albuquerque,Cleandro Pires de; Gonçalves,Deborah Pereira; Laurindo,Ieda Maria MagalhãesResumo Em 2014, o tofacitinibe, um medicamento modificador do curso da doença (MMCD) sintético, alvo-específico, inibidor seletivo das Janus quinases (JAK), foi aprovado para uso no Brasil. Este documento de posicionamento tem o objetivo de atualizar as recomendações da Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia (SBR) sobre o tratamento da artrite reumatoide (AR) no Brasil, especificamente com relação ao uso de MMCD ...
Prevalence of serological markers for celiac disease (IgA and IgG class antigli...
Koehne,Victor de Barros; Bahia,Magda; Lanna,Cristina Costa Duarte; Pinto,Maria Raquel da Costa; Bambirra,Eduardo Alves; Cunha,Aloísio Sales daCONTEXT: Patients with autoimmune rheumatologic conditions and celiac disease tend to have a variety of autoantibodies, many of which have no clear pathogenic role. The literature contains frequent reports of celiac disease being more prevalent in patients with rheumatologic diseases, although this remains controversial. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of positive serum tests for celiac disease, parti...