Abdurhman S Al-Arfaj

..To investigate the prevalence of articular chondrocalcinosis in subjects aged 50 years and above in a radiographic survey through 14 primary care clinics in North Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...

..The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of back pain in the adult population of Al-Qaseem Central Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and to find associated features and factors...

..In males, uric acid levels only correlated significantly with BMI and serum creatinine. No case of gout was found...

..The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of clinical osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee in Al-Qaseem, a central province in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)...

..To find out the relationship between radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, generalized OA and serum cholesterol...

..To estimate the prevalence of musculoskeletal (MSK) pain in Al-Qaseem province in central Saudi Arabia...

..To find out the effect of combining allopurinol with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on carrageenan-induced rat paw edema...

..To investigate the effects of diclofenac alone or when combined with alpha-tocopherol on the oxidative activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) in healthy and osteoarthritic (OA) patients...

..The aim of the study was to characterize the pattern of radiographic changes in the hands and feet of rheumatoid arthritis in Saudi patients...

..Our findings suggest that (1)O(2) may also be inducing immunogenicity in native dsDNA resulting in the production of anti-dsDNA autoantibodies as seen in SLE patients...

..However, special risk factors favor other organisms such as Salmonella and Enterobacter. Previous orthopedic intervention is an important risk factor. Mortality due to septic arthritis is lower than reported elsewhere...

..To estimate the prevalence of mouth and genital ulceration in the community and its relationship to rheumatic diseases...

..14-29.7). No association was found with overall knee OA, medial knee compartment OA or patellofemoral OA. In conclusion, chondrocalcinosis was associated with OA of the lateral knee compartment, second MCP, third MCP and IC joints...

..He remains free of disease 40 months after the discontinuation of all his treatment...

..This is the first case of lymphomatoid granulomatosis to be reported in the Arab world. The prolonged survival and response to intermittent cyclophosphamide infusion is discussed...

..To determine the clinical characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis in Saudi Arabia in relation to human leukocyte antigen type...

..We conducted this study to determine the prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus in Al-Qaseem region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...

..7% and 87.8% of female and male OA patients, respectively. In most cases the medial compartment joint space was narrowed. Radiographic OA of the knee is very common in Saudi patients, especially in the patellofemoral compartment...

..Radiographic OA was seen in 30.3% of males and 36.3% of females. Most commonly affected were the metacarpophalangeal joints, followed by the distal interphalangeal and carpometacarpophalangeal joints...

..To determine the association between obesity and radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee and generalized OA...

..More prolonged duration of exposure is probably associated with greater risk. This is the first study showing the potential risk of nickel in triggering the development of cutaneous sclerosis in susceptible hosts...

..To describe the radiographic cervical spine changes in rheumatoid arthritis patients...