Báo cáo y học: "The clinical relevance of autoantibodies in scleroderma" pdf

... proximal skin involvement, scarring ,or esophageal hypomotility and is more often associated with limited cutaneous involvement [106]. Thus the clinical utility of determining aCL in patients ... whether they are merely epiphenomena of the underlying disease process. Nevertheless, various autoantibodies found in patients with SSc carry significant value in diagnosis and in pre...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... management including diagnosis, family studies, prognostic information, prenatal diagnosis and is useful in defining new diseases. In this review we outline the clinical utility of molecular testing ... the majority of X chromosomes bearing the wild type allele are inactivated purely by chance. Females may manifest X-linked disorders in this situation. More rarely, skewed lyonisa...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... of OA patients. Anti- IL-17 antibody significantly inhibited osteoclast formation induced by conditioned media of the cultures of RA syn- ovial tissues in cocultures. Immunostaining of the synovial tissues ... colony-stimulating factor. 281 CFU-M = colony-forming-unit megakaryocyte; COX-2 = cyclooxygenase; ELISA = enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; GM-CSF = granulocyte–macrophage co...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... PD- agoraphobia in a naturalistic setting of routine clinical practice, and BP-II is the most common form of bipolarity in such a setting [49]. Broadening the inclusion of bipo- larity to less severe, softer ... find any significant effect of BP-II comorbidity on the clinical features of PD, including those related to the severity of the disease such as age at onset of p...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... Schirmer 1 1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria 2 Gasteiner Heilstollen Hospital, Bad Gastein-Böckstein, Austria 3 Institute of Hygiene and Social Medicine, University of Innsbruck, ... ankylosing spondylitis; BASFI = Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index; BASMI = Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index; CMV = cytomegalovirus; EBV =...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... pulmonary arterial hypertension was found less frequently. These potentially interesting findings may have limitations since both elevated CK and muscle atrophy cannot be considered highly specific ... confirmation of myositis by electromyography and/or muscle biopsy. PM/Scl-75c aabs were detected more frequently in younger patients with more active disease and joint contractures, while g...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... distinct career pathway. Involving such physicians in medical emergency teams will likely facilitate the dual roles of these as a clinical outreach arm of the intensive care unit and in identifying problems ... development of METs rose from observations that, in the majority of patients, premonitory signs and symptoms of cardio- pulmonary instability are often present hours...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... [4]. Gout is a clinical syndrome caused by the deposition of monosodium urate monohydrate crystals into synovial, bursal, and cartilaginous tissue. The underlying metabolic disorder is hyperuricemia. ... especially in the early stages of bone and joint destruction. Radio- graphs still remain the imaging examination of choice for gouty arthritis although advanced imaging techniques m...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... performed to investigate the clinical value of daily routine CXRs in critically ill patients. We showed not only that the incidence of potentially clinically relevant Table 3 Incidence of new expected ... example, 4.8% of all daily routine CXRs would have resulted in a change to therapy). Sensitivity of the physicians in predicting changes on daily rou- tine CXRs was extreme...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39

... University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, TURKEY. 2. Clinic of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Public Hospital, Mus, Turkey. 3. Clinic of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, ... drains are inserted and the donor site is sutured using 3/0 polypropylene. Depending on the amount of drainage, the drain is usually removed on the first or second postoperative day...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00