Cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of death in patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The high prevalence of cardiovascular disease is independent of known risk factors in RA patients. The present ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-systemic disorder with various clinical manifestations. Lupus is a multifactorial autoimmune disease resulting from complex gene-environment interactions. IL-17 is a pro-inflammatory ...

Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy manifests as digital clubbing, subperiosteal new bone formation in tubular bone and diffuse skin hypertrophy. It could be either primary or secondary. We report a 31-year-old man presenting ...

Sarcoidosis a systemic granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology with varying clinical pictures. HLA genes, especially HLA-DRB1, have been shown to be candidates for the etiology of sarcoidosis. This study examined the ...