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Hepatotoxicity associated with sulfasalazine in inflammatory arthritis: A case series from a local surveillance of serious adverse events Paresh Jobanputra , Roshan Amarasena , Fiona Maggs , Dawn Homer , Simon Bowman , Elizabeth Rankin , Andrew Filer , Karim Raza and Ronald Jubb BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008, 9:48
Conclusions Serious hepatotoxicity...

Discussion of the management of RA of the hip with references
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease of unknown cause that primarily affects the peripheral joints in a symmetric pattern. Constitutional symptoms, including fatigue, malaise, and morning stiffness, are common. Extra-articular involvement of organs such as the skin, heart, lungs, and eyes can be significant. RA causes joint...

What does this mean for my patients? Upon completing this activity, you should be able to differentiate between the van der Heijde-modified Sharp, modified Genant, and Larsen scoring systems and describe how they are utilized in measuring joint alterations in RA patients, identify 3 different imaging techniques used in assessing RA...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative condition in which the articular cartilage on the surfaces of the bones that form joints progressively deteriorates. The terms osteoarthrosis and OA are often used interchangeably. Although inflammation is generally absent in this degenerative condition, most physicians commonly refer to it as OA. Hence, this...