OBJECTIVE: To determine wrist and hand involvement in black South African patients with rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS: Larsen scoring of the wrist and hand was done in 75 patients. The mean finger score was 9.67 (range 0 - 100) on the left hand and 10.3 (range 0 - 100) on the right. Scores for the wrists were 2.5 (range 0 - 5) for the left and 2.7 (range 0 - 5) for the right. CONCLUSION: Finger and thumb involvement were considerably less in the South African black population than in other series consisting mainly of white patients.
OBJECTIVE: To determine wrist and hand involvement in black South African patients with rheumatoid arthritis. METHODS: Larsen scoring of the wrist and hand was done in 75 patients. The mean finger score was 9.67 (range 0 - 100) on the left hand and 10.3 (range 0 - 100) on the right. Scores for the wrists were 2.5 (range 0 - 5) for the left and 2.7 (range 0 - 5) for the right. CONCLUSION: Finger and thumb involvement were considerably less in the South African black population than in other series consisting mainly of white patients.
Authors: S Louis Bridges; Zenoria L Causey; Paula I Burgos; B Quynh N Huynh; Laura B Hughes; Maria I Danila; Amalia van Everdingen; Stephanie Ledbetter; Doyt L Conn; Ashutosh Tamhane; Andrew O Westfall; Beth L Jonas; Leigh F Callahan; Edwin A Smith; Richard Brasington; Larry W Moreland; Graciela S Alarcón; Désirée M van der Heijde Journal: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) Date: 2010-05 Impact factor: 4.794