Báo cáo y học: "Presence of antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides in patients with ''''''''rhupus'''''''': a cross-sectional study" pdf

... the immunoassays. RM-V participated in the analysis and interpre- tation of data and performed the statistical analysis. LG-G par- ticipated in the analysis and interpretation of data. AV participated ... anti-CCP antibodies = antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides; anti-dsDNA antibodies = antibodies against double-stranded DNA; ELISA = enzyme-linked immuno...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... symptoms. Discussion The main findings in the present study are that positive ANA status before the initiation of treatment with infliximab and use of infliximab without methotrexate in patients with RA are inde- pendent ... purposes) activity variables are summarized in Tables 1 and 2. The pro- portion of women was greater in RA than in SpA patients. RA patients were...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... Okamura M, Kanayama Y, Amastu K, Negoro N, Kohda S, Takeda T, Inoue T: Significance of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for antibodies to double stranded and single stranded DNA in patients ... Organization and International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society [21]. The renal disease was class IV in 14 patients and class V in one patient. In the remaining...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:21

... [11,15]. Statistical analysis Continuous data are presented as medians with interquartile ranges. In spite of the high number of patients and because of the uneven frequency of early RA and UA data, ... criteria for early RA. Although the 1987 ACR criteria lack specificity for early RA diagnosis [18], they remain widely used in patients with early arthritis in the absenc...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... Access Comparison of transverse wires and half pins in Taylor Spatial Frame: A biomechanical study Ashish Khurana 1*† , Carlton Byrne 2† , Sam Evans 2† , Hiro Tanaka 3† , Kartik Haraharan 3† Abstract Background: ... Stiffness values for various fixations were compared. Data was stored using excel and was analysed on SPSS software (Version 14, SPSS Inc. Chicago,Il).Thedatawereana- lysed...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... mortality was 5.3% (6 patients, Table 4); late mortality occurred in 6 patients (Table 5) at a linearized rate of 0.67% per patient-year. The actuarial survival was 98.1% at 1 year, 97.0% at 5 years, ... Bashi VV, Jairaj PS, Muralidharan S, Ravikumar E, Sathyamoorthy I, Babuthaman C, Krishnaswamy S, Cherian G, Sukumar IP: Mitral valve replacement in the young patient with rheumat...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... in data organization: Chris Kalasithasa, Jonathan Horvath and Kevin Kalarithasa; and Ricardo Crosby in extracting the data points from the Centricity DMS STS database. Special thanks to Nancy ... surgery patients, including longer hospital stay, wound infections, and higher mortality. As HbA1 c is an easy and reliable way of checking for dysglycemia we routinely screen all patients u...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... prevention of atherosclerosis. As lypophilic molecules, vitamin E and beta-carotene are incorporated into the LDL par- ticle. Vitamin E plays an essential protective role against free radical damage ... angiographically demonstrated CAD and 20 pa- tients having normal coronary arteries attending car- diology clinic at Yuzuncu Yil University Hospital. The study was approved by the local...

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... Y, Sakata M, Naganawa M, Oda K, Miyatake R, Fujisaki M, Shimizu E, Shirayama Y, Iyo M, Hashimoto K: High occupancy of sigma-1 receptors in the human brain after single oral administration of fluvoxamine: ... infarcts in the brain. N-isopropyl- [ 123 I] * Correspondence: furuse@asahikawa-rch.gr.jp 1 Department of Psychiatry, Asahikawa Red Cross Hospital, Asah ikawa, Japan Furuse an...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... novel anti- depressant acting as a melatonin agonist and selective serotoni n antag onist (MAS SA; acting against melatonin 1 (MT1) and MT2, and 5-hydroxytryptamine (HT)2C, respectively) [15] ... continuous rituals rega rding touching holy pictures of saints in her pocket and continuative fear of cursing against God. Both cognitive status and insight of illness (as measured by...

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