• 1. Department of General Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Special Medical Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
YIN Geng, Email: yingeng1975@163.com
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The incidence of depression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is higher. The concomitant depression will increase medical expense, reduce drug efficacy, lower its compliance, increase the incidence of complication, and affect the cure of rheumatoid arthritis. The influence of depression to rheumatoid arthritis is usually ignored in clinical work. In recent years, the pertinence between depression and immune disease in pathogenesis is found in research: depression will increase the risk of immune diseases in activate inflammation as well as extend and promote the release of inflammatory factors. This article reviews research progress of correlation between depression and rheumatoid arthritis.

Citation: REN Yan, YIN Geng. Present research situation and prospect of rheumatoid arthritis and depression. West China Medical Journal, 2018, 33(12): 1554-1557. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201808050 Copy

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