... leukocyte antigen; NINCDS-ADRDA, National Institute of Neurological, Communicative Diseases and Stroke -Alzheimer' sDisease and Related Diseases Association; NK, natural killer; OPTIMA, Oxford ... Komo S, Yamaoka LH, Farrer LA, Auerbach SH, Saunders AM, Roses AD, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA: No association between the HLA -A2 allele and Alzheimerdisease Neurogenetics 1999, 2:177-182 Lehmann ... tissues and between populations and degenerate Table 4: Associations of AD with HLA-B7 and HLA-Cw*0702 by APOE4 status Allele APOE4 status Proportions of alleles Controls Adjusted† odds ratios...
... Parkinson sdisease Lancet Neurol 7, 97–109 Hayashi S, Wakabayashi K, Ishikawa A, Nagai H, Saito M, Maruyama M, Takahashi T, Ozawa T, Tsuji S & Takahashi H (2000) An autopsy case of autosomalrecessive juvenile ... mutations and oxidative stress [76] These data suggest a link DJ-1 and Parkin in a common pathway in mammals A described case of autosomal-recessive PD with digenic inheritance, suggested that ... for Parkin in oxidative stress [77] and Drosophila Parkin mutants show increased sensitivity to oxidative stress [78] Implication of PINK1 in oxidative stress processes has also been strongly suggested:...
... Franchis and coworkers showed that once patients achieved disease remission on mesalamine, less than 50% of patients were able to sustain disease remission after one year of maintenance therapy.9 ... Dovepress Parashette et al to frequent relapses and less than favorable maintenance of clinical remission Since CD may progress from intestinal inflammation to strictures and penetrating disease, ... www.dovepress.com Dovepress Dovepress Hiwatashi N Enteral nutrition for crohn sdisease in Japan Dis Colon Rectum 1997;40(10 Suppl) :S4 8 S5 3 Griffiths AM, Ohlsson A, Sherman PM, et al Meta-analysis of...
... measured the gait distance with a "MeterMan" distance-measuring wheel (Winnebago, MN) Statistical analysis was performed using statistical software JPM 5.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC) The effects ... and to assess its role in generation of parkinsonian gait The foot pressure activates the plantar mechanoreceptors that mediate postural adjustment during the stance phases of the step [10] Several ... does cause CoP oscillations These results imply that characteristic postural responses may be specific to the localization and character of a stimulus We hypothesized that a vibration stimulation...
... kinematics/kinetics patterns Conclusion Other areas (Attentional cue) Progression of Parkinson sDisease Figure stimuli Schematization of responsiveness of PD subjects to visual Schematization of responsiveness ... motor area and other areas (associative, sensory), versus disease progression The results of the present study suggest that gait behaviours of PD subjects can be influenced by optical stimulation ... data collection and analysis and drafted the manuscript MR and RP participated in the design of the study, data analysis and helped to draft the manuscript MT participated in data analysis and...
... hypoplasia [2] The association of hydrosalpinx and Hirschsprung sdisease was previously suggested in 2007 by Merlini et al In this case series the author suggest that bilateral hydrosalpinges is a ... genes identified that are associated with Hirschsprung disease and the disease has been associated with other congenital abnormalities Five percent of all cases are associated with Down syndrome ... intravenous and oral contrast Abscess is shown discusses the possibility that the disease process could be a complication from the surgical repair This is the only article that was found in a pubmed...
... radiotherapy was a possible strategy This case illustrates that this hypothesis was successful and should be considered as a strategy in case of irresectable unicentric disease The question remains which ... Yoshida K, Suzuki T, Sakata T, Kawai N, Matsuda A, Kayano H, Hirashima K, Matsutani M, Bessho M: Successful treatment of multicentric Castleman sdisease with intracranial and retroperitoneal ... no systemic symptoms, since most reports describe unicentric CD as a slowly progressive disease, which does not metastasize In the case where a recurrence of residual disease is found, a resection...
... centralization, thus that positional advantages are unequally distributed domains A second limitation was that the measure of professional contacts was crude and not validated against a gold standard However, ... the study, was responsible for data analysis, and wrote the paper ME was responsible for data collection and JK performed data analysis All authors critical feedback and approved the final manuscript ... hypothesized that health professionals treating many Parkinson patients and health professionals in specialized hospital settings would have higher values on the listed network characteristics A random...
... caries, high palate and slight genus valgus, he had no other abnormalities His blood pressure was normal and his bone age was years A laboratory test was positive for proteinuria He had an elevated ... patients were not always affected by rickets Also, some patients with Dent sdisease have been observed to have extrarenal manifestations such as mild intellectual impairment, hypotonia and cataracts, ... profiles were normal (> peaks of > 10 μg/L) An audiometry test was also unremarkable In order to confirm a diagnosis of Dent s disease, molecular genetic analysis was performed one year later and showed...
... Conclusions The case serves as a reminder to health care providers of the potentially severe complications associated with cervical spine mobilization/manipulation It emphasizes that cases such as ... serious complications associated with spinal manipulation They are specifically reported in cases with pre-existing underlying spinal pathologies, such as osteoporosis, tumors or metastases [6,17,18] ... Staphylococcus and Proteus mirabilis An adequate antibiotic regime was established Our patient was transferred to a neurological rehabilitation center eight days post-operatively in a stable condition At...
... Hodgkin s disease, granulomatous inflammation has also been associated with other neoplasms, such as T-cell lymphomas, seminomas of the testis, renal cell carcinoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, where ... features and certain patterns of 18F-FDG uptake on PET scans often suggest an alternate diagnosis, such as granulomatous disease Bilateral pulmonary hilar and mediastinal nodal 18FFDG uptake particularly, ... course of corticosteroids was deemed unnecessary upon a respiratory physician s review, and the proposed management plan was one of close observation Discussion An association between sarcoidosis...
... Kienböck sdisease J Hand Surg Eur Vol 2007, 32:231 doi:10.1186/1752-1947-5-325 Cite this article as: Mazhar and Rambani: Vaughan-Jackson-like syndrome as an unusual presentation of Kienböck s disease: ... and phalangeal joints of his right ring and little fingers Also, a small area of nodular elastic swelling associated with localized tenderness over the lunate bone was present over the dorsum of ... has been related to various causes, but rarely has Kienböck sdisease been implicated [8-11] Murase et al [12] and Ramkumar et al [13] reported extensor tendon rupture and Pacha-Vicente et al...
... Renal impairment Hormonal Addison s disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, aldosterone deficiency, type IV renal tubular acidosis Intra-cellular potassium release Rhabdomyolysis, tumor lysis syndrome, ... resonium and his hypocalcemia persisted Verapamil was restarted in increasing doses to control his ventricular rate Our patient died of pneumonia 26 days after his cardiac arrest He had paroxysmal atrial ... groups [8] In the Table Causes of hyperkalemia Category Cause Excessive potassium intake Potassium-containing dietary supplements, intravenous potassium infusion Ineffective potassium renal excretion...
... Behcet sdisease Analysis of a series of 10 cases Ann Med Interne (Paris) 1999, 150(8):587-590 Jayachandran NV, Rajasekhar L, Chandrasekhara PK, Kanchinadham S, Narsimulu G: Multiple peripheral arterial ... can be associated with Behçet sdisease In countries where the prevalence of Behçet sdisease is high, such as Turkey and others in the Middle and Far East, evidence suggests that this disease ... international criteria for diagnosis of Behçet s disease, those with Budd-Chiari syndrome and seven male patients (mean age, 29 years) already diagnosed with Behçet sdisease who had Budd-Chiari syndrome...
... F, Garc a S, Bastida G, Cabriada JL, Saro C, Ceballos D, Peñate M, Gassull MA, Spanish Scientific Group on Crohn sDisease and Ulcerative Colitis: Efficacy and safety of short-term adalimumab ... analysis has shown that adalimumab therapy was associated with progressive increases in fistula closure over time, with statistically significant differences between the placebo and adalimumab ... luminal and fistulizing disease was achieved soon after the initiation of adalimumab and sustained thereafter with maintenance doses of adalimumab No further surgical intervention was necessary and...
... Mondor s disease: a rare cause of anterior chest pain J Am Acad Dermatol 2003, 49:905-906 Salmon RJ, Berry M, Hamelin JP: A novel treatment for postoperative mondor s disease: manual axial distraction ... Breast J 2009, 15:381-384 Ichinose A, Fukunaga A, Terashi H, Nishigori C, Tanemura A, Nakajima T, Akishima-Fukasawa Y, Ishikawa Y, Ishii T: Objective recognition of vascular lesions in Mondor s ... clinically considered as phlebitis of the right thoracodorsal vein caused by a local trauma Penile Mondor sdisease is a variant outside the thoracic area (or a different clinical entity) and its pathogenesis...
... Recklinghausen s disease) NF1-associated gastrointestinal lesions include not only GIST, but also hyperplastic lesions of intestinal neural tissue and its supporting structures and endocrine cell tumors of ... growth and signs of malignancy Small tumors are depicted on CT scans as sharply marginated smooth masses with moderate contrast enhancement [7] In our case report, the patient s radiological findings ... arthritis and NF1 was admitted to our hospital for the treatment of a tumor of a pancreas She had no symptoms, but an abdominal ultrasonography screening examination had revealed a hypoechoic mass...
... Wilson sdisease According to guidelines from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) patients in whom Wilson sdisease is suspected should undergo screening with serum ... Brewer GJ, Askari FK: Wilson s disease: clinical management and therapy J Hepatology 2005, 42 :S1 3 -S2 1 Roberts EA, Schilsky ML: Diagnosis and treatment of Wilson disease: an update Hepatology 2008, ... disease include age < 35 years, Coombs negative hemolytic anemia and low serum alkaline phosphatase level, all of which applied to our patient Diagnosis was established on the basis of Kayser-Fleischer...
... diverticulum was also resected, with a primary anastomosis accomplished On abdominal exploration, no other obvious abnormalities were seen to support a diagnosis of Crohn sdisease or malignancy Fecal diversion ... the suspicion for Crohn sdisease Endorectal ultrasound findings were more consistent with the appearance of a complicated abscess rather than malignancy A fine-needle aspirate of the abscess fluid ... the formation of an ileocecal fistula and a pelvic abscess via local inflammation, which remained relatively asymptomatic until the abscess became large enough to cause external compression of...
... Wilson sdisease According to guidelines from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) patients in whom Wilson sdisease is suspected should undergo screening with serum ... Brewer GJ, Askari FK: Wilson s disease: clinical management and therapy J Hepatology 2005, 42 :S1 3 -S2 1 Roberts EA, Schilsky ML: Diagnosis and treatment of Wilson disease: an update Hepatology 2008, ... disease include age < 35 years, Coombs negative hemolytic anemia and low serum alkaline phosphatase level, all of which applied to our patient Diagnosis was established on the basis of Kayser-Fleischer...