A moderate anemia due chiefly to reduction of red blood cell count with a modest reduction
in MCHC is common in rheumatoid arthritis and contributes to the disability and morbidity …

With a new in vitro method of measuring the chemotaxis of polymorphonuclear leukocytes
from peripheral blood, a chemotactic index was calculated. The mean chemotactic index in …

There has been little basis on which to standardise a diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica
(PMR), and so 11 rheumatology units in the south and west of Great Britain have …

BACKGROUND: Low dose methotrexate has become established in the treatment of
refractory rheumatoid arthritis. Until recently it has been considered that the use of a low …

Clinical and radiological techniques were used to examine the lumbar movements of 11
male subjects with no history of low back pain. The clinical techniques were shown liable to …

Using a new in vitro method of measuring the chemotaxis of polymorphonuclear leukocytes
from peripheral blood, a chemotactic index has been calculated. The mean chemotactic …

Statement of findings CD8+ T cells dominate the lymphocyte population insynovial fluid in
chronic inflammatory arthritis. It is known that theseCD8+ T cells are often clonally or …

* Corresponding author randomised arm of the trial (178 allocated to surgical management,
179 allocated to continued, but optimised, medical management) and 453 recruited to the …

One hundred patients with ankylosing spondylitis of at least 5 years' duration were
interviewed and examined. In addition to musculoskeletal symptoms, 11 subjects had …

Thirty-three subjects entered a blind-observer, random, prospective study of three forms of
conservative treat ment of sports-induced Achilles tendinitis, results being assessed by …