Alternatively, Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups might also try to launch conventional attacks against the chemical or nuclear industrial infrastructure of the United States to cause widespread toxic or radiological damage...
LEF, MTX and corticosteroids are broad immunosuppressive agents that reduce pain and swelling of affected joints, reduce cytokine production and limit radiological damage [50], [51], [52], [53], [54], [55].
We did not detect a significant association of this marker with radiological damage.
43 We did not find an association between adiponectin levels and radiological damage.
A residual radiological damage could be detected in both patients at month 12 without being symptomatic.
Moreover, resistin levels are associated with radiological damage, independent of CRP levels or ACPA status.
Actually, besides their diagnostic value, high RF serum levels were shown to be an independent predictor for deteriorating radiological damage, and a greater prevalence of anti-CCP autoantibodies was found in patients who develop severe radiological damage [ 31- 36].
The acute phase C-reactive protein is a very sensitive measure of inflammation and an excellent predictor of radiological damage.
An IL-4 variable number tandem repeat has been associated with both RA susceptibility and lesser radiological damage [ 7].
In fact, all anti-TNF agents, when combined with MTX, are very effective in preventing radiological damage.
Nevertheless, despite this treatment the difference in radiological damage became even more evident after 2 years of follow up.
