The association between rheumatoid arthritis and hepatitis C virus infection
Other Title(s)
العلاقة بين التهاب المفاصل الروماتزمي والتهاب الكبد الوبائي فيروس سي.
Joint Authors
Zamzam, Muna Lutfi Atiyyah
Arafah, Muna Mahmud
Badri, Nifin Muhammad
Husayn, Iman Abu Bakr
al-Sibai, Muna Abd Allah
al-Hifnawi, Hanan al-Sibai
al-Arusi, Nadiyah Hamid Mahmud
Sad, Hana Fathi
Source
Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Issue
Vol. 28, Issue 4 (31 Oct. 2001), pp.691-696, 6 p.
Publisher
The Egyptian Society for Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Publication Date
2001-10-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract AR
أجري هذا البحث لدراسة التلازم بين مرض الرثيان المفصلي و الإصابة بالفيروس سي.
تمت هذه الدراسة على 40 مريضا مصابون الرثيان المفصلي و 20 مريضا مصابون بالتهاب المفاصل و لكن لم يشخصوا كرثيان مفصلي و عندهم عامل الروماتويد في المصل.
و قد أخذ 10 أصحاء للمقارنة.
و عند تحليل الأجسام ألمضادة لفيروس سي في المرضى و الأصحاء وجدنا أن نسبة الإصابة بالفيروس أعلى في المرضى الذين عندهم عامل الروماتويد في المصل و أن ارتباط وجود الأجسام المضادة للفيروس بوجود عامل الروماتويد و ليس بوجود المرض نفسه.
و لذلك نوصي بأن يوضع في الاعتبار الإصابة بفيروس سي عند المرضى الذين يعانون من التهاب المفاصل حتى إذا لم يشخصوا كرثيان مفصلي.
Abstract EN
Aim: To study the association between rheumatoid arthritis and HCV infection.
Subject and Methods: The study included 40 RA patients diagnosed according to the ACR criteria (group I).
It also included 20 inflammatory arthritis patients with RF positive but not fulfilling the criteria for diagnosis of RA (group II).
Ten age and sex matched subjects were taken as controls.
Anti HCV antibodies were detected in the sera of these patients.
Results: 0.5% of the patients of group I had anti HCV antibodies while 20% of patients of group II had anti HCV antibodies.
As regards the control group, none was anti HCV antibody positive.
Conclusion and Recommendations: There is a strong association between the presence of anti HCV antibodies and rheumatoid factor that is stronger than the association between anti HCV antibodies and rheumatoid arthritis.
Patients with anti HCV antibodies may have rheumatoid factor positive in their serum, but the picture may not fulfill the criteria of RA.
Thus in any case of inflammatory arthritis, hepatitis C virus must be put in consideration.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zamzam, Muna Lutfi Atiyyah& al-Hifnawi, Hanan al-Sibai& Badri, Nifin Muhammad& al-Sibai, Muna Abd Allah& Arafah, Muna Mahmud& al-Arusi, Nadiyah Hamid Mahmud…[et al.]. 2001. The association between rheumatoid arthritis and hepatitis C virus infection. Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation،Vol. 28, no. 4, pp.691-696.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zamzam, Muna Lutfi Atiyyah…[et al.]. The association between rheumatoid arthritis and hepatitis C virus infection. Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Vol. 28, no. 4 (Oct. 2001), pp.691-696.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Zamzam, Muna Lutfi Atiyyah& al-Hifnawi, Hanan al-Sibai& Badri, Nifin Muhammad& al-Sibai, Muna Abd Allah& Arafah, Muna Mahmud& al-Arusi, Nadiyah Hamid Mahmud…[et al.]. The association between rheumatoid arthritis and hepatitis C virus infection. Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation. 2001. Vol. 28, no. 4, pp.691-696.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 694-695
Record ID
BIM-53506
