## Background and objective: The only early surgical therapy of rheumatoid arthritis is synovectomy. but even an arthroscopic synovectomy is restricted to more or less big joints. it has been shown recently that for smaller joints a laser synovectomy is possible but more time-consuming than with me
Diet therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
β Scribed by Richard S. Panush; Randy L. Carter; Paul Katz; Badri Kowsari; Selden Longley; Sheryl Finnie
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 783 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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β¦ Synopsis
Although diet therapy for arthritis has received considerable publicity, there is little objective information about its efficacy. We undertook a 10-week, controlled, double-blind, randomized trial of patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Twenty-six patients completed the study; 11 were on an experimental diet (a specific popular diet free of additives, preservatives,
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