When rheumatoid arthritis is mentioned, should only dryness come to mind?
Ugur GurlevikAhmet KarakoyunErdogan YasarPublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2020)
The results suggest that RA patients have thinner and steeper corneas compared with control subjects. These parameters change in negative correlation as the duration of the disease increases. Key Points • Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease with systemic involvement. • In rheumatoid arthritis, systemic involvement is affected in the eyes. • When it comes to eye involvement, it comes to mind that it makes the eyes more dryness. • In addition to dryness in the eyes, rheumatoid arthritis makes morphological changes in the cornea.
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- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- optical coherence tomography
- interstitial lung disease
- ankylosing spondylitis
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- multiple sclerosis
- prognostic factors
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- patient reported outcomes
- peritoneal dialysis
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