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Lower gastrointestinal affection in rheumatoid arthritis
Scientific Medical Journal. 2002; 14 (1): 131-41
de En | IMEMR | ID: emr-60989
Bibliothèque responsable: EMRO
The aim of this work was to study the small and large intestinal affection in rheumatoid arthritis [RA]. Twenty-five patients having rheumatoid arthritis [RA] and ten patients having osteoarthritis [OA] were compared. Duplex study of the celiac artery [CA] and superior mesenteric artery [SMA] was done. Colonoscopy and colonoscopic biopsies were taken for histopathological examination [H and E] and peroxidase staining for IgA, IgG and IgM searching for local colonic immune reaction. A statistically significant increase in peak systolic velocity [PSV], end diastolic velocity [EDV] and resistivity index [RI] of both CA and SMA was detected in the group of patients with RA compared with those with OA. Varying grades of colitis [inflammatory cell infiltration and oedema] were found in both groups, but was much pronounced in the RA group. Immunoperoxidase staining for IgA showed no significant difference between patients and controls; however a deposition of IgG and IgM immune complexes was found in the group of patients with RA not in those with OA
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Indice: IMEMR Sujet Principal: Anatomopathologie / Polyarthrite rhumatoïde / Biopsie / Immunoglobuline A / Immunoglobuline G / Immunoglobuline M / Coloscopie / Échographie-doppler duplex / Système digestif Limites du sujet: Female / Humans / Male langue: En Texte intégral: Sci. Med. J. Année: 2002
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Indice: IMEMR Sujet Principal: Anatomopathologie / Polyarthrite rhumatoïde / Biopsie / Immunoglobuline A / Immunoglobuline G / Immunoglobuline M / Coloscopie / Échographie-doppler duplex / Système digestif Limites du sujet: Female / Humans / Male langue: En Texte intégral: Sci. Med. J. Année: 2002