Studies On Relationship Between Clinical Response and Serum GolD Levels in Chrysotherapy
1973 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 422-424
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1973 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 422-424
The relationship between clinical response and serum gold levels in chrysotherapy was studied in 61 cases of the patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Thec ases were divided into group A and B. The group A includes 31 cases with chrysotherapy in every one week. The group B includes 30 cases with chrysotherapy in every two., three and four weeks.
The improvements of morning stiffness, ESR, CRP test and the score of joint activity by Lansbury were admitted remarkably in group A. The side effects such as the exanthema and stomatitis were noted in 56% of group A and in 17% of group B.
