Antiphospholipid Syndrome Coexisting With Evans Syndrome and SCL-70 Antibody Positivity: A Case Report. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT This case of antiphospholipid syndrome, Evans syndrome, and anti‐Scl‐70 positivity (suggesting early SSc) showed marked symptom improvement with rituximab, but poor prognosis persists. Highlights the need for early diagnosis of overlapping autoimmunity, SSc complication monitoring, and optimized immunotherapy in complex cases.
Cao C, Hu X, Li Z, Li D, Ma J.
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Anticardiolipin antibodies and severe leptospirosis [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2003 Laurent RODA
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Do we need broad immunological work-up in all patients with CIS? [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of altered immunological tests and their clinical significance in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS). ----- PATIENTS AND METHODS:
Adamec, Ivan +6 more
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Hepatic venous outflow block in a young patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine, 2015 Introduction: Hepatic venous outflow block or Budd-Chiari syndrome is a severe liver disease with a 3 years survival rate of 50%. Several conditions have been implicated as a cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome, including myeloproliferative disorders ...
Ali Ghavidel
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Cancer complicating systemic lupus erythematosus--a dichotomy emerging from a nested case-control study [PDF]
, 2013 We determined whether any individual cancers are increased or decreased in a cohort of 595 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) followed for up to 32 years at the University College London Hospitals Lupus Clinic, looking for any associated ...
Dey, D, Isenberg, DA, Kenu, E
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Anticardiolipin antibodies in patients with Behcet's disease
Biomolecules & Biomedicine, 2011 The aims of this study are to determine anticardiolipin antibodies in patients with Sy Behcet and to determine correlation between the levels of anticardiolipin antibodies in serum in patients with clinic systemic and ocular manifestations.
Maja Zivkovic +4 more
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Psychiatric manifestations of multiple sclerosis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis [PDF]
, 2006 It is unusual for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis to present as purely psychiatric disorders. We report five patients with such demyelinating diseases and symptoms of psychosis, depression or anxiety.
Brinar, Marko +3 more
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Antiphospholipid Syndrome: An Antibody-Mediated Disease With Emerging Therapeutic Opportunities. [PDF]
Arthritis RheumatolAntiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune thromboinflammatory disease characterized by vascular thrombosis, pregnancy morbidity, and other manifestations driven by antiphospholipid autoantibodies. In this review, we present a clinical case that illustrates some diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in managing severe, relapsing APS ...
Newman TG, Knight JS.
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Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2017 Introduction: The association between anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and cardiac disease in the presence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has been reported in various clinical trials.
Hatem Abdel Rahman Helmy +5 more
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Patients with Essential thrombocythaemia have an increased prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies which may be associated with thrombosis [PDF]
, 2002 A significant proportion of patients with Essential Thrombocythaemia (ET) have thrombotic complications which have an important impact upon the quality, and duration of their life.
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