The negative bone effects of the disease and of chronic corticosteroid treatment in premenopausal women affected by rheumatoid arthritis

Osteoporosis is a well-known extra-articular complication in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).The chronic corticosteroid treatment, zak maytum the functional impairment associated with RA and the disease itself appear to be the most relevant determinants.Most of the previous studies involved postmenopausal women, in whom the estrogenic deficiency might am

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Archaeometric Characterisation of Decorated Pottery from the Archaeological Site of Villa dei Quintili (Rome, Italy): Preliminary Study

This work focused on the study of decorated pottery dated back to the 16th century from the Roman archaeological site of Villa dei Quintili, a monumental complex located in the south-eastern part of Rome (Italy).A minero-petrographic and geochemical study was undertaken to analyse five archaeological samples in order to define textural features and

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