rheumatoid arthritis

Converse of subject

• affect: This lining produces a fluid that lubricates the joint and when affected by rheumatoid arthritis it becomes inflamed and swollen.

Converse of object

• treat: A common family of drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis have been linked with skin problems.
• diagnose: Blood tests may be helpful for diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis, but other tests may be needed as well.
• include: The studies included women with various diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and inflammatory bowel disease.
• develop: Whereas osteoarthritis rarely occurs before the age of 40, many people develop rheumatoid arthritis in their 20s or 30s.
• have: You must have active rheumatoid arthritis, which can be measured on a score of ' disease activity ' in your joints.
• prevent: Green tea also appears to help lower cholesterol and prevent rheumatoid arthritis according to recent research.

Preposition: for

• year: Joan is 63 and has had rheumatoid arthritis for 16 years.

Adjective modifier

• juvenile: Measurement of health status in children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
• severe: On beyond methotrexate: treatment of severe juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
• active: You must have active rheumatoid arthritis, which can be measured on a score of ' disease activity ' in your joints.
• early: Patients with early rheumatoid arthritis had an average starting score of 1.5, falling to about 0.7 by three years.
• established: Patients with established rheumatoid arthritis had an initial average score of over 1.6, which fell to about 1 by three years.
• chronic: A controlled trial of shared care for chronic rheumatoid arthritis.

Preposition: in

• patient: ABBOTT LABORATORIES launched a new treatment for the management of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis in adult patients.