sj apos gren apos s syndrome and cognitive function

... blepharospasm or Meige Motor and Vocal Tics syndrome should be considered voluntary because they are used as tricks to suppress the dystonic movements Tics Status or Status Tics Rarely, motor and ... Belmont, Massachusetts, U .S. A Loren Gianini Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U .S. A Christopher G Goetz Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, U .S. A Stacy Horn Rush University, ... dystonia) is triggered by sudden movement or startle, lasts seconds to a few minutes, and is suppressed with anticonvulsant therapy Paroxysmal dystonic choreoathetosis is induced by stress, prolonged...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 22:21

... physicians is justified Whether this clinical suspicion also justifies the routine performance of thorax CT to all patients with Poland s syndrome is yet to be determined, based on each doctor s ... the anesthesiologist in one of the cases and controlled the paper; KS was the anesthesiologist in on of the cases and controlled the paper; SL performed linguistic control and literature research; ... Formos Med Assoc 2002, 101(2):148-51 Celik B: Poland s syndrome and spontaneous pneumothorax, a rare association Tuberks Toraks 2010, 58(2):173-6 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-6-32 Cite this article as:...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... quotient was available in this interesting study and was adjusted in statistical analysis The results suggest that the cross-sectional associations between homocysteine, B vitamins and cognitive ... assessments at to years after baseline assessment was performed for physical and cognitive function (MMSE) Neurocognitive follow-up (MMSE and neuropsychological tests) was conducted to years ... tests with varying metrics, standardized Beta coefficient estimates are presented All data analysis was done by SPSS 13.0 (SPSS Inc Chicago, Illinois, US) 3.5.4 Study IV: Cross-sectional analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 16:02

... aspects of Parkinson s disease Parkinsonism and Parkinson s disease 34 Cognitive deficits in Parkinson s disease 55 Depression in Parkinson s disease 88 Anxiety, phobias, apathy, and premorbid personality ... guidelines, case studies and rating scales will meet the needs of all clinicians working with Parkinson s disease patients Sergio E Starkstein was Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins ... associated depressive disorders, anxiety, phobias, apathy, hallucinations, delusions and sleep disorders SpeciWc cognitive deWcits are also discussed, and the mechanisms for these disorders explored...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 22:21

... depression in PSS is consistent with that of previous studies Valtysdottir measured psychological status in a Swedish cohort (N = 67) of PSS patients and reported that possible depression was present ... of Symptoms and Experiences of Sj gren' s syndrome) for this study based on recommendations of a panel of Sjogren 's investigators The survey included questions regarding co-morbid conditions and ... patients to select 100 patients at random and recruit them for the study Subjects recruited through the Sjogren 's foundation (SSF-PSS) were classified as "possible" PSS if they reported a diagnosis...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... Carsons SE, Daniels TE, Fox PC, Fox RI, Kassan SS, Pillemer SR, Talal N, Weisman MH: European Study Group on Classification Criteria for Sj gren s Syndrome Assessment of the European classification ... Bridts CH, Stevens WJ: Expression of CD5 and CD23 on B cells of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and Sj gren s syndrome Relationship with disease activity and treatment ... recombination biases predisposing to systemic autoimmunity in SLE and SS, there are some exceptions In some circumstances, specific autoantibodies express marked biases in IgV gene usage One example is the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... autoimmune diseases such as RA and Crohn 's disease [13,28,29,39] make this cytokine a prime candidate also in the pathogenesis of SS Increased serum levels and salivary gland expression of IL18 ... in salivary lymphoid organization of the periductal lymphocytic infiltrates Degree of gland of patients with Sj gren' s syndrome (SS) in salivary gland of patients with Sj gren' s syndrome (SS) ... with Sj gren' s syndrome (SS) (a–c,g–i) and in nonspecific chronic sialoadenitis (d–f) sialoadenitis (d–f) (a,b) Paraffin-embedded section of glands in SS, showing high amounts of IL-18-expressing...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:23

... Porter SR, Richards A, Sauvezie B, Schiodt M, Sciuto M, Shoenfeld Y, Skopouli FN, Smolen JS, Soromenho F, Tishler M, Wattiaux MJ: Assessment of the European classification criteria for Sj gren s syndrome ... cells from the peripheral blood and from the parotid gland of a patient with Sj gren s syndrome (SS), and of peripheral blood B cells from normal healthy subjects (NHS) SS peripheral blood (%) SS ... WD, Slocum L, Ebbs WL, Fox PC: Serum anti-SS-B/La and IgA rheumatoid factor are markers of salivary gland disease activity in primary Sj gren s syndrome Arthritis Rheum 1992, 35:1368-1372 Kassan...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 03:24

... hemophagocytosis [20-22] The disease is subdivided into two categories, familial lymphohistiocytosis and secondary HPS, the latter of which is associated with rheumatic diseases such as systemic-onset ... differences P values less than 0.05 were considered significant Values are reported as means ± standard deviations Results Increased serum HO-1 levels in patients with HPS and ASD Serum HO-1 levels in ... Besides being found in patients with HPS and ASD, hyperferritinemia is also found in patients with liver diseases and in recipients of frequent blood transfusions Because ferritin synthesis is...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... Petersen K, Jonassen I, Jonsson R, Bolstad AI: Gene expression profiling of minor salivary glands clearly distinguishes primary Sjogren 's syndrome patients from healthy control subjects Arthritis ... 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 ... patients with pSS Bars represent mean serum BAFF levels BAFF = B-cell-activating factor; pSS, primary Sj gren' s syndrome ± 6.3 ng/ml; P = 0.08) and in the 68 patients with anti-SSA or anti-SSB antibodies...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20

... components The exclusion criteria consisted of inflammatory rheumatologic diseases and any concurrent major disease such as cancer, diabetes, or kidney failure Assessments Physical assessment The physical ... (worst pain possible), were assessed using the Manual Tender Point Survey [23], and responses were calculated by summing the patients' responses to palpation of the 18 TPs Psychometric assessment ... these results suggest that, at least for a subset of patients, discussions about pain and possibly informal support groups may be detrimental There are several limitations in this study, and...

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Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... Carsons SE, Daniels TE, Fox PC, Fox RI, Kassan SS, et al and the European Study Group on Classification Criteria for Sj gren s Syndrome: Classification criteria for Sj gren s syndrome: a revised ... primary Sj gren s syndrome Arthritis Rheum 2004, 50:2897-2902 Bolstad AI, Jonsson R: Genetic aspects of Sj gren s syndrome Arthritis Res 2002, 4:353-359 Saegusa K, Ishimaru N, Yanagi K, Mishima ... studies examining idiotype expression by glandular B cells in pSS have also suggested that these cells represent a selected population B cells expressing RFassociated cross-reactive idiotypes,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... and entered simultaneously In serum no data were missing and in saliva missing values were excluded pairwise from all analyses except PCA and DA All analyses were computed using SPSS 13 (SPSS ... have assessed interactions between several immune molecules and their association with disease parameters Summarizing findings regarding immune mediators such as cytokines in SS, it was concluded ... line assay Arthritis Rheum 2004, 50:2615-2621 Delaleu N, Jonsson MV, Jonsson R: Disease mechanisms of Sj gren' s syndrome Drug Discovery Today 2004, 1:329-336 Fox RI: Sj gren' s syndrome Lancet 2005,...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... associated with systemic inflammation or excessive risk of thrombosis in various diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), vasculitis and antiphospholipid syndrome ... SLE [14,31], Crohn 's disease [32], systemic sclerosis [22], vasculitis [33-35] and myositis [36] Here we report the first assessment of circulating MPs in pSS An interesting finding was the significantly ... than in HCs In fact, similar results have been recently reported in systemic sclerosis [22] and Crohn 's disease [32] on assessment of MPs by flow cytometry and solid-phase capture assay, respectively...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... demonstrates that a Horner 's syndrome, if present and observed, along with a long history and slowly progression of hand weakness due to involvement of multiple nerves or roots indicates possibility ... side just lateral to the spinous processes C7-T3 Paravertebral muscles were bluntly dissected away from spinous processes to expose the left hemilaminae of T1-3, facet joints T1-2 and T2-3, and ... secPost-operativeribs processes, and proximalremoval of the T2 Post-operative chest X-ray demonstrating removal of the T2 and T3 transverse processes, and proximal parts of the second and third ribs Figure...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... diseases Page of doi:10.1186/1749-8090-5-66 Cite this article as: Weissen-Plenz et al.: Aortic dissection associated with cogans s syndrome: deleterious loss of vascular structural integrity is associated ... Figure Transverse (A) and sagittal (B) CT views of the aorta The dissection (arrows) is circumferential and begins distally to the coronary ostiae arrows: dissection membrane Weissen-Plenz et ... the vascular collagen and elastin metabolism [5,6], was massively increased In summary, our data suggest that the persistently increased secretion of the inflammatory mediator GMCSF by resident...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... Discussion The diagnosis of Sheehan s syndrome is determined by the patient s history and physical examination, and confirmed by laboratory tests (hormone levels and hormone stimulation tests ... deficiency in all cases A bone marrow biopsy was carried out for all patients showing hypocellularity and decreased hemopoiesis, erythropoiesis and granulopoiesis Pancytopenia as a result of an anterior ... clinicians should consider the possibility of hypopituitarism as a cause of pancytopenia and indicate a series of hormonal examinations Multiple anterior pituitary hormone deficiencies in Sheehan s syndrome...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... with its known symptoms (muscle weakness, muscle pain and palsy) Making the correct diagnosis depends on obtaining a precise medical history Biochemical analysis shows the typical constellation ... tea Consumption of large quantities of carbohydrates increases insulin secretion and thus enhances potassium influx into myocytes and hepatocytes, with a consequential fall in plasma potassium ... substantial decrease in plasma potassium levels can ensue In our patient, we suspected a connection between his hypokalemia and his prolonged intake of Fisherman s Friend lozenges These sweets contain...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:22