... 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, including ... 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 ... Investigation and treatment of gastointestinal disease; Pharmacology of drugs used in the alimentary tract; Immunology/genetics/genomics related to gastrointestinal disease This journal is indexed...
... Mitochondria in the aetiology and pathogenesis of 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 ... Proposed cross-talk of pathways Extracellular and intracellular cues activate universal cellsignalling cascades including MAPK and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathways that can target ... Autosomal recessive genes in Parkinson sdisease contains a putative catalytic serine–threonine kinase domain and shares homology with calmodulin-dependant protein kinase In addition, preliminary evidence...
... 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 ... feedback 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 ... on state LEDD = the levodopa equivalent daily dose Background Parkinson 'sdisease (PD) is caused by a dopamine deficiency in the basal ganglia that results in characteristic motor abnormalities...
... 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 ... the statistical analysis AM participated in the design of the study and data analysis GA participated in the design of the study and in drafting the manuscript, performed subjects selection and...
... leukocyte antigen; NINCDS-ADRDA, National Institute of Neurological, Communicative Diseases and Stroke -Alzheimer' sDisease and Related Diseases Association; NK, natural killer; OPTIMA, Oxford ... 357:436-439 Small GW, Scott WK, 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 ... D, Stadlan EM: Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: report of the NINCDS-ADRDA work group under the auspices of Department of Health and Human Services task force on Alzheimer's disease...
... hydronephrosis 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 ... found ina pubmed search from 1980-present which discusses hydrosalpinx or pyosalpinx in association with Hirschsprung disease [3] Pyosalpinx is the acute inflammation of the salpinx which is most ... shown around the fallopian tube anatomical location of these two diseases processes suggest that they may be associated Hirschsprung disease is an uncommon congenital disorder that affects in 5000...
... consensus among the clinical authors of this paper We hypothesized that health professionals treating many Parkinson patients and health professionals in specialized hospital settings would have ... 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, ... less was considered significant We used Excel to store and manage data files and UCINET for descriptions and statistical analysis Finally, we performed an explorative factor analysis (principal...
... 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, ... Lowe syndrome is referred as Dent sdisease type [11] The most striking physical sign in the first described patient with Dent sdisease and hypophosphatemic rickets was the shortness of stature...
... findings of pathologic examinations in gastric carcinoma These have shown significantly higher marker levels associated with gastric serosa invasion by the neoplasia and invasion of veins or lymphatic ... AFP-producing gastric adenocarcinomas with a high serum AFP level and synchronous hepatic metastasis Gastric cancers that secrete AFP are rare The first case was described in 1970 [11] AFP-secreting gastric ... vessels into the gastric wall as well as lymph-nodal metastases [14] A more advanced stage of gastric cancer (stage III and IV) results in higher serum levels of CA 72-4 Our patient had a normal...
... 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] ... 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 ... shows radiographic imaging results obtained at the six-month followup demonstrating no changes in alignment, intact hardware and osseous consolidation Subsequent to the last follow-up, our patient...
... genital ulceration, skin lesions and a positive skin pathergy test Evidence in countries where Behçet sdisease is prevalent suggests that this disease should be included among the diagnostic possibilities ... course of Behcet s disease: clinical and laboratory analysis of four cases Joint Bone Spine 2007, 74(3):245-248 12 Saatci I, Ozmen M, Balkanci F, Akhan O, Senaati S: Behcet sdiseasein the etiology ... 150(8):587-590 Jayachandran NV, Rajasekhar L, Chandrasekhara PK, Kanchinadham S, Narsimulu G: Multiple peripheral arterial and aortic aneurysms in Behcet s syndrome: a case report Clin Rheumatol 2008,...
... 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 ... surgical methods NF1-associated gastrointestinal lesions include not only GISTs, but also hyperplastic lesions of intestinal neural tissue and its supporting structures, and endocrine cell tumors ... 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...
... 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 ... Wilson sdisease 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 ... of acute hepatitis and encephalopathy ina person with no history of liver disease [5] Conclusions The clinician should suspect an underlying diseasein an unexplained liver failure associated...
... 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 ... Wilson sdisease 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 ... of acute hepatitis and encephalopathy ina person with no history of liver disease [5] Conclusions The clinician should suspect an underlying diseasein an unexplained liver failure associated...
... Suzuki A, Kochi Y, Sawada T, Suzuki M, Nagasaki M, Ohtsuki M, Ono M, Furukawa H, Nagashima M, Yoshino S, Mabuchi A, Sekine A, Saito S, Takahashi A, Tsunoda T, Nakamura Y, Yamamoto K: An intronic SNP ... Stat3 transcription factor (in monocytes) results in inflammatory bowel diseasein rodents [22,23] These data suggest that a signaling pathway involving G alpha i2, Stat3 and CSF1R is critical ... cells, including Paneth cells [5] Crohn 's disease- associated mutations in NOD2 result in defective NF kappa B activation, suggesting that Crohn 'sdisease may represent, in part, a defect in innate...
... revision References Ioakimidis D, Georganas C, Panagoulis C, Gournizakis A, Iliopoulos A, Kremastinos D, Kontomerkos T: A case of AdamantiadisBehcet s syndrome presenting as myocardial infarction ... leads Laboratory tests showed elevation of plasma total CK and CK-MB activities He was diagnosed with an acute anterior wall myocardial infarction Medical treatment was started but since he had ... declare that they have no competing interests Authors’ contributions Discussion Vascular involvement is a well-known characteristic of BD Large vessel disease or acute cerebrovascular infarction in...
... kidneys may be involved Hisanaga et al have proposed diagnostic criteria for neuro-Sweet disease [5] We describe a case of neuro-Sweet diseaseina patient with Crohn s disease, an association ... leukocytoclastic vasculitis are usually absent Aseptic neutrophilic inflammation may also be found in other sites such as bones, intestines, liver, aorta, lungs and muscles [2] A closely-related syndrome ... contained an infiltrate of neutrophils and nuclear dust was also present These findings supported the clinical diagnosis of acute neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet s disease. ) On days 4-6 of admission,...
... cases of HLH [15] http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/3/1/138 Abbreviations ALT: alanine transaminase; ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ATG: antihuman ... cytokines increase ferritin synthesis [5] Since ferritin levels are not that high in other rheumatologic diseases, it was suggested as a candidate for a serologic marker for the diagnosis and ... the patient 's clinical and laboratory studies, a diagnosis of Still 'sdisease was made Three days after admission to the hospital, her liver enzymes became elevated Two days later, the patient...
... collagen vascular diseases Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, mixed connective tissue disease, hashimoto thyroiditis, Sjogren 's disease, behcet 'sdisease Medications Furosemide, ... gastrointestinal tract infection, vaccination or associated with inflammatory diseases such as autoimmune disorders, infections, hemoproliferative disorders, solid malignant tumors or pregnancy, ... due to solid tumors including breast, genitourinary and gastrointestinal malignancies [7] Other causes of Sweet 's syndrome are listed in table Only a few cases of Sweet 's syndrome associated with...
... Yamaguchi M, Ohta A, Tsunematsu T, Kasukawa R, Mizushima Y, Kashiwagi H, Kashiwazaki S, Tanimoto K, Matsumoto Y, Ota T, et al.: Preliminary criteria for classification of adult Still 'sdisease ... 20:1788-1792 Sono H, Matsuo K, Miyazato H, Sakaguchi M, Matsuda M, Hamada K, Tatsumi Y, Maeda Y, Funauchi M, Kanamaru A: A case of adultonset Still 'sdisease complicated by non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma Lupus ... Rheumatol 1995, 34:984-988 Kojima M, Nakamura S, Miyawaki S, Yashiro K, Oyama T, Itoh H, Sakata N, Sugihara S, Masawa N: Lymph node lesion in adultonset Still 'sdisease resembling peripheral T-cell...