Clinical characteristics and quality of life of patients with Behcet’s disease with arthritis in Japan
Koichi Sugihara, Risa Wakiya, Tomohiro Kameda, Hiromi Shimada, Shusaku Nakashima, Taichi Miyagi, Yusuke Ushio, Rina Mino, Mao Mizusaki, Kanako Chujo, Ryoko Kagawa, Hayamasa Yamaguchi, Naoto Manabe, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Hiroaki Dobashi · 2024
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Koichi Sugihara and fourteen co-authors compared in 2024 Japanese patients with Behcet's disease who do and do not suffer joint inflammation. Arthritis strikes over half of Japanese patients with this whole-body inflammatory disease, yet its ties to other symptoms and to daily quality of life were unclear.
Fifty-three patients treated for at least six months were split by joint symptoms. Disease activity scores and patient-rated health were weighed side by side. The comparison shows how much of the disease's burden rides on the joints, guiding doctors to treat joint involvement as a quality-of-life priority.
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| CREATOR | Koichi Sugihara, Risa Wakiya, Tomohiro Kameda, Hiromi Shimada, Shusaku Nakashima, Taichi Miyagi, Yusuke Ushio, Rina Mino, Mao Mizusaki, Kanako Chujo, Ryoko Kagawa, Hayamasa Yamaguchi, Naoto Manabe, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Hiroaki Dobashi |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |