The changes of immune factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
- Author:
Nguyen Ngoc Chau
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
rheumatoid arthritis
- MeSH:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Immunologic Factors
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;0(6):28-33
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A prospective study was carried out on 31 healthy individuals and 32 patients with rheumatoid arthritis at the Military Hospital N0 103 and the Enterology Department of the Police Hospital N0 198. The results showed that: in the patient group, there were increases of number of white blood cells, and lymphocytes, as compared to the control group (p<0.001); there was also wide fluctuation of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-), from 22.41 pg/ml to 1341.62pg/ml. 75% patients had concentration of rheumatoid factor RF≥8 IU/ml (positive). There were agreeable correlations between the number of lymphocytes T, Ta with lymphocytes B at rate r=0.64 (p<0.05); between the number and percentage of Ta-cell with serum concentration of rheumatoid factor (RF) in the patients at low level of r=0.24 and r=0.33
