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Muscle Functions in Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant-Cell Arteritis docx
... appendicular muscle mass (kg) was calculated as a sum of muscle in arms and legs The whole-body fat mass index (FMI) and muscle mass index (MMI), appendicular fat mass index (aFMI) and appendicular muscle ... the patients.4 Despite the rapid acute response of musculoskeletal aching and stiffness to corticosteroids, residual symptoms may lead to diminished physical activity and impaired muscle function.5 ... luminal occlusion.3 PMR is c haracterized by aching and stiffness in the neck, shoulder and pelvic girdles Distal musculoskeletal manifestations, e.g symptoms in the knee and wrist, are seen in...
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Báo cáo y học: "Association of FCGR2A and FCGR2A-FCGR3A haplotypes with susceptibility to giant cell arteritis" pdf
... is associated with systemic signs and symptoms [5], visual manifestations [6] and corticosteroid resistance [7] Many other studies have examined genetic variants in key components of immune and ... purposes) Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol No Morgan et al 18 Hoffman G: Large-vessel vasculitis Unresolved issues Arthritis Rheum 2003, 48:2406-2414 19 Schmits R, Kubuschok B, Schuster S, Preuss ... influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae [37-39] FcγRIIIa is expressed on natural killer cells, macrophages, γδ T-cells and a subset of monocytes Consequently, they may act as susceptibility factors for...
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Báo cáo y học: "Association between IL-18 gene polymorphisms and biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis" potx
... Biosystems, Foster City, CA), as previously described [52] Statistical analysis We used the c test for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and statistical analysis to compare allelic and genotypic distributions ... common risk polymorphisms could improve disease prediction These observations, as well as the findings showing that IL18 and TLR4 genetic variants are associated with other autoimmune diseases [33,39-41,50,52,62-64], ... polymorphisms in biopsy-proven GCA patients and healthy subjects No significant association between the IL18 -137 G>C and GCA was observed However, when the IL18 -607 C>A was assessed, we found...
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Báo cáo y học: " Giant cell arteritis: immune and vascular aging as disease risk factors" doc
... proteins and membranes Both Th1 and Th17 cells participate in GCA lesions Th17 cells can be relatively easily suppressed with corticosteroids, whereas Th1 cells are steroid-resistant and persist ... DC and T -cell activation in a tissue site that is ordinarily inaccessible for immune responses As the host ages, the tissue site itself undergoes numerous structural changes, summarized as vascular ... interacts with T cells in a vessel-specific pattern In essence, at least part of the tissue tropism for GCA results from vessel-specific immune functions Immune-sensing functions of blood vessels may...
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Báo cáo y học: "Identification of target antigens of antiendothelial cell and anti-vascular smooth muscle cell antibodies in patients with giant cell arteritis: a proteomic approach" potx
... two-thirds of the patients had active disease as assessed by a Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) >3 in the absence of treatment, and one-third of the patients had inactive disease as assessed ... of systemic autoimmune diseases [10,35] AECAs have been associated with disease activity in patients with vasculitis, particularly in those with anti-ANCA-associated vasculitis, Takayasus arteritis ... peptides in MSMS and in MS+MSMS searches as target antigens of antibodies to proteins in the proteome of VSMCs and HUVECs Vinculin is a cytoskeleton protein involved in extracellular matrix adhesion...
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Báo cáo y học: "Colour duplex sonography of temporal arteries before decision for biopsy: a prospective study in 55 patients with suspected giant cell arteritis" pptx
... patients, as well as in elderly healthy subjects and patients with macrovascular disease associated with diabetes mellitus or stroke (Table 2), suggesting that the presence of stenoses and occlusions ... has an increased probability to confirm the clinical diagnosis Further studies to assess the test performance of CDS in assessing relapses of GCA are warranted Competing interests The authors ... artery tenderness, and recent visual impairment Table Baseline characteristics and final diagnoses in 55 patients with clinically suspected GCA Findings GCA (n = 22) Miscellaneous diagnoses (n = 33)...
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Báo cáo y học: "Giant cell arteritis complicated by acute pancreatitis: a case report" docx
... U/litre) She was managed conservatively with intravenous fluids and analgesia Her serum amylase normalised over 48 hours and her symptoms resolved and she was discharged with resolving right disc oedema ... male cases none of whom had symptomatic temporal arteritis and all were diagnosed posthumously Acid-suppressing drugs, such as H2-receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors have also been ... factors such as gallstones or chronic alcoholism [8,9] The mechanism of corticosteroidinduced pancreatitis is complex and currently unknown Conclusion It is highly probable that this case of...
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báo cáo hóa học:" En bloc excision and autogenous fibular reconstruction for aggressive giant cell tumor of distal radius: a report of 12 cases and review of literature" doc
... Revised musculoskeletal tumor society score averaged at 91.38% (76.67-93.33%) with excellent, good and satisfactory results No patient was dissatisfied as far as shape of the wrist/cosmesis was concerned ... for distal radial resection Table reviews all significant series on this subject (having a minimum of cases) and summarises their salient features Several authors have advocated arthrodesis rather ... few authors but results of such procedures have not been conclusively shown to be better than other existing treatments as most instances are of either case reports or very small series with relatively...
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báo cáo hóa học:" En bloc excision and autogenous fibular reconstruction for aggressive giant cell tumor of distal radius: a report of 12 cases and review of literature" ppt
... Revised musculoskeletal tumor society score averaged at 91.38% (76.67-93.33%) with excellent, good and satisfactory results No patient was dissatisfied as far as shape of the wrist/cosmesis was concerned ... for distal radial resection Table reviews all significant series on this subject (having a minimum of cases) and summarises their salient features Several authors have advocated arthrodesis rather ... few authors but results of such procedures have not been conclusively shown to be better than other existing treatments as most instances are of either case reports or very small series with relatively...
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báo cáo khoa học: "Odontogenic tumors and giant cell lesions of jaws - a nine year study" docx
... Patient s history, clinical findings, radiological and histopathological characteristics were analyzed Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain was used on sections of buffered formalin fixed tissues Results ... jaw lesions Among the giant cell lesions encountered in our study, central giant cell granulomas (Figure 8) were the Table Shows the different types and the frequencies of ameloblastomas Types of ... was the more common site of presentation Clinically most patients present with a slow growing painless mass [13,24,25] thus coinciding with finding of slow and painless growth of most of these...
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Báo cáo y học: "No evidence for an association between the -871 T/C promoter polymorphism in the B-cell-activating factor gene and primary Sjögren''''s syndrome" pptx
... autoantibodies, in whom disease is usually less systemic Moreover, we previously reported that BAFF level was not associated with systemic features in pSS [8] Likewise, no association was found between ... T/C polymorphism and BAFF expression, and focused first on the correlation between BAFF polymorphism and serum level as assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Interestingly, serum BAFF protein ... IgG, and rheumatoid factor levels was analyzed using analysis of variance Statistical analysis was performed using Analyse-it for Microsoft Excel (Leeds, England, UK) Results The allelic and genotypic...
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Báo cáo khoa học: " SemiIntensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in benign giant cell tumors – a single institution case series and a short review of the literatur" docx
... leads to the impression that usually patients with radiation as sole treatment and non-extremity lesions were treated with higher doses However, if dose escalation beyond doses of 45 Gy increases ... to the use of two-dimensional radiographs for diagnosis and follow up in most of the older series The appearance of bone sclerosis after radiotherapy in most cases has been described by Seider ... et al [3], and tumor response in terms of involution or ossification was observed in of patients in the series reported by Leggon et al [4] In our series, MRI was used for diagnostics and regular...
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báo cáo khoa học: "Takayasu’s arteritis presenting with temporary loss of vision in a 23-year-old woman with beta thalassemia trait: a case report" pptx
... Behçet s disease); however these disorders were ruled out because they are not associated with large vessel stenosis as seen in TA Large vessel vasculitis was ruled out because it is associated ... tissue matrix disorders (Marfan and Ehler-Danlos syndromes), infectious large vessel aneurysm (mycobacterial, syphilitic, or fungal) and autoimmune diseases (systemic lupus, Cogan syndrome and ... prognosis in severe disease Initial results show promising outcomes and higher chances of therapeutic success may be attained by newer drugs like rapamycin (sirolimus) and everolimus These drugs...
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Báo cáo y học: "Undifferentiated giant cell type carcinoma of the gallbladder with sarcomatoid dedifferentiation: a case report and review of the literature" ppsx
... Other, less common histological types include clear cell, mucinous, squamous and adenosquamous cell, signet ring cell, small cell, spindle and giant cell, as well as undifferentiated carcinomas with ... of giant cell type with osteoclast-like giant cells and sarcomatoid dedifferentiation Gallbladder carcinomas with osteoclast-like giant cells should be distinguished from giant cell carcinomas ... multinucleated cells The multinucleated cells were morphologically and immunohistochemically compared to those of primary giant cell tumours as well as to osteoclastlike giant cells and were shown to resemble...
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Báo cáo y học: "F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography for the diagnosis of Takayasu''''s arteritis in stroke: a case report" pptx
... Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2:239 distinctive phases: a prepulseless (inflammatory or systemic) phase and a pulseless phase Clinical disease preceding the pulseless phase of TA will not ... Cerebrospinal fluid protein level (94 mg/dl) was increased without intrathecal synthesis of immunoglobulins For suspected arteritis and to detect systemic inflammatory disease, whole body scans in ... positron emission tomography in diagnosis and follow-up of patients with large vessel vasculitides Clin Exp Rheumatol 2004, 22(6 Suppl 36) :S2 1-26 Kissin EY, Merkel PA: Diagnostic imaging in Takayasu...
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Báo cáo y học: " Takayasu''''s arteritis associated with Crohn''''s disease: a case report" pot
... diagnosis and perhaps exacerbating the clinical course of patients with IBD [6] Conclusion Takayasu' s arteritis affects the aorta and its vasculature and may compromise intestinal vessels Therefore, ... further studies on these associations are recommended [2] Granulomas and granulomatous vasculitis are seen in both CD and TA Granulomatous vasculitis shows a common pathophysiology in both diseases ... ML: Association between Takayasu' s arteritis and Crohn 's disease in two young women: case report J Mal Vasc 1999, 24:373-6 Hunder GG: Clinical features and diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis [http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html]...
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The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing Second Edition
... mind Many everyday DSP applications are discussed: digital filters, neural networks, data compression, audio and image processing, etc As much as possible, these chapters stand on their own, not ... Processor 509 Fixed versus Floating Point 514 C versus Assembly 520 How Fast are DSPs? 526 The Digital Signal Processor Market 531 Chapter 29 Getting Started with DSPs 535 The ADSP-2106x ... Acknowledgements A special thanks to the many reviewers who provided comments and suggestions on this book Their generous donation of time and skill has made this a better work: Magnus Aronsson (Department...
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Từ chối dịch vụ (DoS) trong Microsoft ProxyServer, and Internet Security and Acceleration S
... security@microsoft.com contacted Response from Iain Mulholland, MSRC iDEFENSE clients notified Status request from iDEFENSE Status request from iDEFENSE Response from Iain Mulholland, MSRC Status request ... from iDEFENSE Status request from iDEFENSE Response from Iain Mulholland, MSRC Status request from iDEFENSE Response from Iain Mulholland, MSRC Public Disclosure Get paid for security research http://www.idefense.com/contributor.html ... will cause the ISA Server to consume 100 percent of the underlying system 's CPU usage It will continue to so until the system reboots or the WinSock Proxy (WSP) service restarts In the case of...
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Romeo and Juliet’s affair: success or failure?
... progressive ideology of Renaissance was humanism Human s life, the happiness of people and the belief in man s abilities became the main subjects in fine art and literature English humanists dreams ... he died and was buried there Shakespeare is the author of poems, 37 plays and 154 sonnets His works are divided in to three periods: *The first period (1590-1660) was marked by optimism so characteristic ... also as acting and responsible subjects, the play is not a mere show of "Liebesstimmung" and "romantischem Zauber" Romeo and Juliet are a couple driven by ordinary desires, though their love is...
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let''''s go 2A unit 2 let''''s read and let''''s listen
... and let s listen I) Let s read 1.Word Families -ed -en -et Wednesday, October, 13rd, 2010 Lesson 16: Unit 2: Let s read and let s listen I) Let s read 1.Word Families 2.Can you read? Ted is in ... Wednesday, October, 13rd, 2010 Lesson 16: Unit 2: Let s read and let s listen I) Let s read bed hen net red pen pet Ted ten wet Wednesday, October, 13rd, 2010 Lesson 16: Unit 2: Let s read and ... ten pens are by the hen The wet pet is in the net Wednesday, October, 13rd, 2010 Lesson 16: Unit 2: Let s read and let s listen I) Let s read 1.Word Families 2.Can you read? II) Let s listen a...
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