Báo cáo y học: "ranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor as an immune-based therapy in HIV infection" pptx

... changes and increased inflammation in the small joints of the hand in the first years of the disease has been suggested partly to explain this finding [25]. As DXA-BMD measures both trabecular and cortical ... menopause in women and use of DMARD and AOT. Change in bone mineral density In the entire group, a significant loss in hand BMD was seen at 2 years as measured by DXR-BM...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... the Man- toux tuberculin skin test. M oreover, all routine labora- tory test results, including liver and kidney function tests , serum proteins and urinanalysis were normal. The erythrocyte sedimentation ... with blood-tinged sputum for the last four days before admis- sion. She did not complaint of any other symptom. Her past medical history w as unremarkable. She denied any exposure to t...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... space-occupying blastic lesion, visible in the CT scan, which slightly decreased the cali- ber of the jugular foramen and the condylar canal. There- fore, fibrous dysplasia, Paget ’s disease and metastasis were ... adenocar- cinoma by metastatic bone dissemination with Collet- Sicard or jugular foramen syndrome, hormone treatment was begun with an antiandrogen. Then, 15 days later, a lute...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22

... of spinal masses and compression symptoms, in addition to identifying the underlying cause, is crucial as delay in treatment can have devastat- ing consequences. Case presentation A 76-year-old ... with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Mayo Clin Proc 2003, 78(1):21-33. 9. Nofsinger YC, Mirza N, Rowan PT, Lanza D, Weinstein G: Head and neck manifestations of plasma cell neoplasms. Laryn...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:21

... read and approved the final manuscript. References 1. Yagupsky P, Menegus MA, Powell KR: The changing spectrum of group B streptococcal disease in infants: an eleven-year experience in a tertiary ... and any accom- panying images. A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor -in- Chief of this journal. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no comp...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... Medical Case Reports Open Access Case report Skin mucormycosis presenting as an erythema-nodosum-like rash in a renal transplant recipient: a case report Nader Nouri-Majalan* 1 and Mansour Moghimi †2 Address: ... presenting as cutaneous manifestations of mucormycosis. In agreement with previous findings [3], mucormycosis in our patient was diagnosed only through the detection of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:21

... α 2 -chain of type I collagen and has a recessive condition resembling human OI. He has been able to correct the phenotype in cultured fibroblasts in vitro and in patches of skin in vivo, using an ... http://arthritis-research.com/content/7/6/273 Abstract The 3rd International Meeting on Gene Therapy in Rheumatology and Orthopaedics was held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... variable (in contrast to rank- ing methods based on p values) [16]. Survival analysis and predictors of continuation of infliximab therapy were analysed by means of Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox ... infliximab therapy between baseline and week 22, a further decrease in disease activity was observed over the remaining 3.5 years. This decrease in disease activity was observed in both...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... methotrexate, azathioprine, (hydroxy)chloroquine) with disease-modifying therapy in other rheumatological diseases when deciding on an anti-inflammatory therapy in a severe autoimmune disease such as SSc. Our findings ... Germany), Margitta Worm and Pascal Klaus (Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergol- ogy, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany), Kerstin Steinbr...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... were washed in PBS, incubated in biotinylated secondary anti- body for 60 min, washed again in PBS, and then incu- bated in an avidin-rich solution for 60 min. After a final wash, positive biotin-avidin ... gene levels of myostatin and its receptor activin IIB were not increased in HIV- 1 transgenic rat muscle. However, myosta tin and activin IIB were induced in healthy and HI...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:22