STUDY OF SERUM ADENOSINE DEAMINASE AND ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder causing inflammation of the synovial joints leading to joint destruction as well as a variety of extra articular features. In this present study, serum Adenosine deaminase and Alkaline phosphatase levels were studied in patients of rheumatoid arthritis. Thirty patients in the age group of 30-60 years of both sexes and equal number of age and sex matched healthy controls were included in this study. In rheumatoid arthritis patients, serum Adenosine deaminase levels were high, the mean serum Adenosine deaminase levels were 60 ± 9.55 and in controls the mean Adenosine deaminase levels were 21 ± 3.04. The p value was significant at p < 0.001. We conclude that serum Adenosine deaminase can be used as a marker for cell mediated immunity to monitor disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. Serum Alkaline phosphatase was found to be raised in rheumatoid arthritis, the mean serum Alkaline phosphatase levels were 291.63 ± 35.84 in patients of rheumatoid arthritis when compared to healthy controls (196.73 ± 32.71).The p value was significant at p<0.001. The present study has focused on investigating the serum total Alkaline phosphatase levels in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and The findings have indicated a raised serum Alkaline phosphatase in patients of rheumatoid arthritis when compared to healthy controls thereby suggesting the role of serum Alkaline phosphatase as a marker of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis.
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Arshiya Osmani, Durdana Sayeed, Ghouse Ali
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