systemic diseases associated with uveitis
Báo cáo hóa học: "Is occupational exposure to solvents associated with an increased risk for developing systemic scleroderma?" doc
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20/06/2014, 00:20
... between systemic sclerosis and exposure to solvents Since then several case reports and series [12-17] as well as epidemiologic studies [18-21] have found systemic sclerosis to be positively associated ... not a risk factor for systemic scleroderma; only in the subgroup of males a trend for increased risk can be noted Conversely, occupational hand-arm vibration is associated with an increased risk, ... compared with Caucasians and Australians [8] Although hormones are supposed to play a role in the aetiology of the disease in women, a case control study failed to indicate an association between systemic...
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Báo cáo y học: "Angiogenic and angiostatic factors in systemic sclerosis: increased levels of vascular endothelial growth factor are a feature of the earliest disease stages and are associated with the absence of fingertip ulcers" doc
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09/08/2014, 06:22
... (VEGF) in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with and without fingertip ulcers Compared with healthy controls, serum levels of VEGF were increased in patients with fingertip ulcers In patients without ... patients with diffuse SSc as well as patients with limited SSc showed significantly increased levels of VEGF compared with healthy controls (P < 0.001) (Fig 1b) In addition, patients with diffuse ... patients with different disease durations and healthy controls Levels of bFGF were detectable in 4/9 patients with pre-SSc, in 2/9 patients with short disease duration and in 10/34 patients with...
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Báo cáo y học: "NOS2 polymorphisms associated with the susceptibility to pulmonary arterial hypertension with systemic sclerosis: contribution to the transcriptional activity" pdf
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09/08/2014, 08:22
... patients with both SSc and PAH and from 26 patients with SSc without PAH who were randomly selected from among patients with SSc who donated DNA samples at the time of admission to Aoyama Hospital with ... significantly different between patients with SSc and PAH and healthy control individuals (P < 0.0001) and between patients with SSc with PAH and those with without PAH (P < 0.0001), as shown in ... the plasma of patients with SSc, especially in those with SSc complicated by PAH [13,14] However, reported levels of circulating NO in patients with SSc are inconsistent, with several studies [15-18]...
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Báo cáo y học: "Deficiency of functional mannose-binding lectin is not associated with infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosu" pptx
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09/08/2014, 08:23
... patients, is in line with other studies in patients with SLE [1,31] With respect to major infections, use of immunosuppressive medication and use of corticosteroids were not associated with the occurrence ... deposition was associated with plasma C4 levels in healthy controls and patients with SLE [27] In that study, MBL levels were correlated to C4 deposition in healthy controls but not in patients with SLE, ... three assays in all patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE; n = 103), a subgroup of SLE patients without infections (SLEno; n = 52), a subgroup of patients with SLE who had minor infections...
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Báo cáo y học: "Interferon-induced protein IFIT4 is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus and promotes differentiation of monocytes into dendritic cell-like cells" pdf
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09/08/2014, 10:23
... primed with pEGFPIFIT4 or pEGFP-C1 were generated with days of GM-CSF/ IL-4 stimulation and further treatment with days of LPS, and then these DCLCs were cultured with allogeneic CD4+ cells with ... times with similar results IFIT4 protein levels from normal PBMCs treated with IFN-α2a for 72 hours was examined by (e) flow cytometry with intracellular staining or (f) Western blotting with ... patients with SLE positively correlated with the presence of autoantibodies (ANA, anti-dsDNA and anti-Sm), leucocytopenia and hypocomplementaemia Compared with DC-like cells (DCLCs) primed with pEGFP-C1...
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Báo cáo y học: " Systemic lupus erythematosus associated with type 4 renal tubular acidosis: a case report and review of the literatur" pps
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11/08/2014, 00:23
... as 60% of adults with SLE develop overt renal abnormalities, and 10% to 15% of patients with lupus nephritis progress to end-stage renal failure [6] RTA is rarely associated with SLE and, if ... type RTA have more extensive tubular damage stemming from aggressive nephritis associated with more aggressive systemic manifestations of SLE Thus, the presence of type RTA is an indicator of ... acidosis in systemic lupus: clinical and laboratory findings Am J Kidney Dis 1985, 6:59-63 Li SL, Liou LB, Fang FT, Tsai WP: Symptomatic renal tubular acidosis (RTA) in patients with systemic lupus...
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Báo cáo y học: "Successful pregnancy in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report" doc
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11/08/2014, 17:21
... first time cure of SLEassociated PAH and successful pregnancy with combination immunosuppressive and vasodilator therapy In healthy women, physiological changes associated with pregnancy and puerperium ... report the first case of a successful maternal-fetal outcome in a pregnant patient with SLE -associated PAH treated with sildenafil and inhaled iloprost during pregnancy and until several weeks after ... with inhaled iloprost was established to times daily at an initial daily dose of 50 mg, increasing to 100 mg within week A caesarean section was scheduled for week 37 Hemodynamic assessment with...
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Báo cáo y học: "A GA microsatellite in the Fli1 promoter modulates gene expression and is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus patients without nephritis" potx
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12/08/2014, 15:22
... Summary of results Alleles associated with patients CLU SLEIGH Caucasian (n = 62) AA (n = 135) Without Multiplex (n = 123) With Multiplex (n = 154) With Serositis none Without Nephritis none 239/241 ... of Fli1 and thus may be associated with lupus or with specific disease phenotypes such as nephritis The association of microsatellites with the occurrence of several diseases including SLE, rheumatoid ... disease but we believe it is more likely to be associated with a specific disease characteristic To determine if GA microsatellite length is associated with specific aspects of SLE we compared the...
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Báo cáo y học: "Antibodies toward infliximab are associated with low infliximab concentration at treatment initiation and poor infliximab maintenance in rheumatic diseases" potx
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12/08/2014, 17:22
... serum infliximab concentration 1.5 months after initiation is associated with the development of ATI [4] Moreover, ATI are associated with increased risk of infusion reactions and decreased response ... studies De Vries et al [6] found that treatment failure is associated with low serum concentration and that the development of ATI is associated with undetectable trough infliximab concentration, reduced ... 108 patients: 17 with RA and 91 with SpA ATI, which were undetectable in all patients before the initiation of infliximab therapy, were detected in 21 patients (7 with RA and 14 with SpA) during...
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Báo cáo y học: "High systemic levels of interleukin-10, interleukin22 and C-reactive protein in Indian patients are associated with low in vitro replication of HIV-1 subtype C viruses" docx
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12/08/2014, 23:23
... accordance with previous reports that show that acute-phase proteins can have anti-HIV activity [61] Systemic IL-22 levels positively correlate with plasmatic CRP and IL-10, and negatively with plasmatic ... viral loads than patients infected with other subtypes [7] Functional studies of HIV-1B and other subtypes have shown that progression to AIDS is associated with a selection of high-growth potential ... Efficient virus growth was significantly associated with a triad of low IL-10, IL-22 and CRP levels in plasma (p < 0001), and pretreatment of virus cultures with IL-10 and CRP resulted in a significant...
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Báo cáo y học: "Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome associated with hypovolemic shock and compartment syndrome. Use of transpulmonary thermodilution technique for volume management" ppt
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13/08/2014, 23:20
... Prieto Valderrey F, Burillo Putze G, Martinez Azario J, Santana Ramos M: Systemic capillary leak syndrome associated with rhabdomyolysis and compartment syndrome The American journal of emergency ... 1999, 17(7):743-744 10 Sanghavi R, Aneman A, Parr M, Dunlop L, Champion D: Systemic capillary leak syndrome associated with compartment syndrome and rhabdomyolysis Anaesthesia and intensive care ... in critically ill patients with acute circulatory failure: a comparison with central venous pressure Anesthesia and analgesia 2008, 107(2):607-613 20 Takabatake T: Systemic capillary leak syndrome...
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Báo cáo y học: " Systemic central venous oxygen saturation is associated with clot strength during traumatic hemorrhagic shock: A preclinical observational model" docx
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13/08/2014, 23:20
... an increased consumptive process associated with the injury and shock state since acidosis was minimal [39,40] Systemic venous pH and lactate both correlated with fibrinogen during shock Direct ... hypoperfusion, shared no association with clot strength in our animal model Lactate did correlate with fibrinogen concentration during shock, but was not directly associated with MA Therefore, it is possible ... buildup, and increased maximal clot firmness with similar clot lysis profiles to humans [26,32] TEG parameters correlate with ROTEM in porcine blood, with TEG demonstrating higher values for clotting...
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Báo cáo y học: "Weight loss, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia associated with sustained virologic response to Hepatitis C treatmen"
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26/10/2012, 09:39
... and laboratory data between patients with and without sustained virological response (SVR) Characteristics Male gender, n, (%) Patients with SVR Patients without SVR (n=13) P-Value (n=41 ) 30 ... end of treatment (P=0.02) compared to patients without SVR Moreover, low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) at the end of treatment was associated with SVR (P=0.05) Age, ethnicity, 38 gender, drug ... gender, drug abuse, and histology were not significantly associated with SVR To allow for clinical applicability, logistic regression with clinical cut-offs in the significant relevant covariants,...
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Báo cáo y học: "Serum cholesterol concentration associated with aspirin esterase activity in older people: preliminary data"
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26/10/2012, 09:39
... study population did not include subjects with malnutrition nor there were any with nutritional modifications during the interventional period More studies with larger sample sizes and longer follow-up ... metabolism among older people A recent report has shown that greater aspirin hydrolysis can be associated with decreased cholesterol levels of high-density lipoprotein in type diabetics (6) Although ... significant correlations with the changes in cholesterol concentrations may open new avenues for exploration of aspirin metabolism Our present results of improvement of aspirin effect with decreased total...
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Báo cáo y học: " A Novel Variable Number of Tandem Repeat of the Natriuretic Peptide Precursor B gene’s 5’-Flanking Region is Associated with Essential Hypertension among Japanese Females"
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26/10/2012, 10:04
... subjects with or without the 16 repeat allele (Table 3) The plasma BNP level was significantly higher in the EH group than in the NT group (p=0.0203) The plasma BNP level in each genotype with or without ... found to be associated with an increased risk of BP progression in males, but not in females [22] Further studies are needed to resolve these conflicting results Since there are many loci with a high ... patients Table The association between genotype and phenotype Table Plasma BNP levels for patients with or without 16 repeat Table Distribution of subjects by BMI 149 groups (Table 5) Int J Med Sci...
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Báo cáo y học: "Grb2-associated binder 1 polymorphism was associated with the risk of Helicobactor pylori infection and gastric atrophy"
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31/10/2012, 15:37
... Gab1 polymorphism was associated with the low risk of the infection independent on severe atrophy Although the Gab1 polymorphism prevented H pylori infection, it was associated with the risk of atrophy ... seropositive subjects, the Gab1 polymorphism was not associated with gastric cancer When we made a comparison between cases and controls with seropositive atrophy, the ORs of G/A and A/A for ... 55:74-108 Blaser MJ, Perez-Perez GI, Kleanthous H, et al Infection with Helicobacter pylori strains possessing cagA is associated with an increased risk of developing adenocarcinoma of the stomach...
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Báo cáo y học: "Elevated plasma homocysteine is positively associated with age independent of C677T mutation of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene in selected Egyptian subjects"
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03/11/2012, 09:49
... seem to be associated with the occurrence of coronary heart disease or the elevation of plasma tHcy in the studied patients Plasma tHcy was significantly higher in elder patients with cardiovascular ... complications compared with the young control group There was a significant positive correlation between plasma tHcy and age Also, the high plasma tHcy was associated with the presence of mildly ... compared with the young control group (Gp1) falls in line with the results of several previous studies which highlighted the causal relationship between the occurrence of the coronary heart diseases...
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Báo cáo y học: " Vgf is a novel biomarker associated with muscle weakness in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with a potential role in disease pathogenesis"
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03/11/2012, 10:52
... D-MEM/F12 supplemented with 10% FBS on a poly D lysine-coated 96 well plate at a density of 105 cells/well After 30 min, the medium was replaced with Neurobasal media supplemented with 2% B-27, 0.5 ... immunohistochemistry was performed as previously reported [21] with minor modifications Briefly, spinal cord tissue sections were treated with an antibody against Vgf (rabbit anti rat monoclonal D20, ... Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.) labeled with Zenon Alexa Fluor 594 (mouse IgG labeling kit; Molecular Probes Inc.) at 25°C for h Furthermore, the sections were treated with the monoclonal antibody against...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical Symptoms Associated with Asystolic or Bradycardic Responses on Implantable Loop Recorder Monitoring in Patients with Recurrent Syncope"
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03/11/2012, 11:17
... involvement, frequently asymptomatic and self-limited, is present in almost 80% of patients with WNV infection associated with neurologic disease The unique pattern of multifocal chorioretinitis can help ... Ladjimi A, et al Chorioretinal involvement in patients with West Nile virus infection Ophthalmology 2004;111:2065-70 Garg S, Jampol LM Systemic and intraocular manifestations of West Nile virus ... including ophthalmoscopy and FA in selected cases, should be part of the routine evaluation of patients with clinically suspected WNV infection References Hayes EB, Gubler DJ West Nile virus: epidemiology...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical Symptoms Associated with Asystolic or Bradycardic Responses on Implantable Loop Recorder Monitoring in Patients with Recurrent Syncope"
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03/11/2012, 11:17
... monitoring with an ILR was months The baseline clinical characteristics of patients with asystolic or bradycardic responses during ILR monitoring (Group 1) are compared with those without asystolic ... [17] Syncope can sometimes be confused with seizures Some studies have reported that 30-42% of patients who were initially diagnosed with epilepsy had syncope with convulsive activity due cardiovascular ... predicting cause of syncope from clinical histories found that syncope occurring without aura or prodrome is associated with spontaneous arrhythmic etiology predominantly bradycardia Given a small...
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