Hyperuricemia Among Egyptian Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. Is It an Association or an Inflammatory Marker? A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.
Doaa Waseem NadaRasha GaberAl Shymaa MahmoudRadwa Moustafa El-KhoulyDoaa AlashkarPublished in: Open access rheumatology : research and reviews (2021)
Elevation of serum uric acid levels in Egyptian RA patients was prevalent and might be an inflammatory marker for severity of joint inflammation. Moreover, higher doses of steroids could be considered a cause of hyperuricemia.
Keyphrases
- uric acid
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- metabolic syndrome
- oxidative stress
- disease activity
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- ankylosing spondylitis
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- interstitial lung disease