by Extivita | Aug 2, 2017 | Chronic Wounds, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis
Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, erosive, symmetrical inflammatory disease that can progress to synovial destruction, severe disability and premature mortality. Immunotherapies, while beneficial, can cause significant adverse events. Three patients...
by Extivita | Sep 4, 2016 | Rheumatoid Arthritis
Abstract: Intra-articular radiation synovectomy is an established and well documented therapy in rheumatology. A rare side effect is necrosis of surrounding tissue caused by leakage of the radionuclide.We describe the case of a 34-year old patient with rheumatoid...
by Extivita | Feb 16, 2015 | Rheumatoid Arthritis
Abstract: Septic arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint is rare. It can be associated with serious complications such as osteomyelitis, chest wall abscess, and mediastinitis. In this report, we describe a case of an otherwise healthy adult with septic arthritis of...
by Extivita | Feb 13, 2015 | Rheumatoid Arthritis
Abstract: We previously published on the pressure effect using a rheumatoid animal model (Pain Physician in 2013 and 2014). However, we do not know how long the pressure effect lasts after exposure to high pressure. We evaluated the duration of the pressure effect in...
by Extivita | Jul 8, 2014 | Rheumatoid Arthritis
Abstract: Spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) has an important role in immunoreceptor signaling, and SYK inhibition has accordingly attenuated immune-mediated injury in several models. Therefore, the present study examined the effect of SYK inhibition with the selective...
