An older individual with inflammatory polyarthritis usually falls into one of two categories. The first consists of patients with well-established long-standing disease, whose course is often ...

In macrophages, DNAse II degrades DNA from engulfed apoptotic cells; results from a mouse study by Kawane et al. suggest that deficiency of this enzyme or failure to completely degrade engulfed ...

A prospective single-center study has found a correlation between levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) measured at the time of diagnosis of inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) and death from ...

Thus, SLE can affect virtually any organ. Lupus arthritis is usually characterized by a symmetrical polyarthritis of the small joints of the hands, the wrists, and the knees. Although the clinical ...