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Sydenham's chorea in a 16‐year‐old female from Bhutan: A case report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports
Key Clinical Message Rheumatic heart disease is a preventable disease. Patients may not present with a typical history of sore throat and polyarthritis but may present with Sydenham's chorea. We should not rely completely on clinical findings to rule out
Tshering Penjor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanistic Insights Into Photocatalytic Materials for Toxic Pollutants: Environmental Remediation of Personal Care Products

open access: yesAsia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Photocatalytic materials have emerged as promising solutions for environmental applications due to their ability to degrade organic pollutants under sunlight or artificial light. In this review, recent progress on the photocatalytic materials used for the degradation of pharmaceutical personal care products (PPCPs) in environmental ...
Urvashi Sen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adams-Stokes attack as the first symptom of acute rheumatic fever: report of an adolescent case and review of the literature

open access: yesItalian Journal of Pediatrics, 2012
Background Acquired complete heart block, in pediatric age is mainly the results of direct injury to conduction tissue during cardiac surgery or cardiac catheterisation.
Carano Nicola   +5 more
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Expert Perspective: Diagnosis and Treatment of Castleman Disease

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Castleman disease (CD) is a major diagnostic challenge for rheumatologists. Unicentric CD (UCD) involves one enlarged lymph node region, whereas multicentric CD (MCD) involves multiple enlarged lymph node regions. Both UCD and MCD may exhibit a wide range of symptoms that overlap with other immune‐mediated conditions.
Luke Y. C. Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

American College of Rheumatology Guidance Statement for Diagnosis and Management of VEXAS Developed by the International VEXAS Working Group Expert Panel

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Vacuoles E1 enzyme X‐linked autoinflammatory somatic syndrome (VEXAS) is a recently identified rare genetic disorder associated with somatic mutations in the UBA1 gene. VEXAS presents with a combination of inflammatory and hematologic manifestations, leading to increased morbidity and mortality.
Arsene Mekinian   +111 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Single-center Experience in Children with Acute Rheumatic Fever

open access: yesBagcilar Medical Bulletin
Objective: This retrospective study aimed to emphasize the importance of subclinical carditis in children with acute rheumatic fever before the revised 2015 Jones criteria.
Nagehan Bilgeç   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cytokine pathways driving diverse tissue pathologies in rheumatoid arthritis

open access: yesArthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a complex systemic disorder characterised primarily by articular inflammation and destruction with associated functional loss and reduced quality of life. RA is also associated with extra‐articular disease e.g. of the lung with potentially devastating clinical consequences.
Aurelie Najm   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of Transthoracic Echocardiography for Cardiac Safety Evaluation in the Clinical Development Process of Vaccines Against Streptococcus pyogenes

open access: yesDrugs in R&D
Superficial infections with Streptococcus pyogenes (Strep A), pharyngitis and impetigo can induce acute rheumatic fever, an autoimmune sequela manifesting mostly with arthritis and rheumatic carditis.
Usman Nakakana   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adherence to secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease is underestimated by register data. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
OBJECTIVE:In high-burden Australian states and territories, registers of patients with acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are maintained for patient management, monitoring of system performance and research.
Jessica Langloh de Dassel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treating acute rheumatic fever

open access: yesBMJ, 2003
So many years, and yet we do not know if steroids should be used Rheumatic fever is a delayed complication of pharyngeal infection with group β haemolytic streptococci. Susceptible individuals develop a diffuse inflammatory disease of the heart, joints, brain, blood vessels, and subcutaneous tissue.
openaire   +3 more sources

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