Immune myopathies with perimysial pathology: Clinical and laboratory features [PDF]
, 2018 ObjectiveImmune myopathies with perimysial pathology (IMPP) have a combination of damage to perimysial connective tissue and muscle fiber necrosis, more prominent near the perimysium.
Bucelli, Robert C, Pestronk, Alan
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Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2020 Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) are associated with small vessel vasculitis but their prevalence is not rare in other immune diseases.
Joana Eugénio Santos +6 more
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A 50 year old with a rapid neuropsychiatric deterioration and choreaform movements [PDF]
, 2017 A 50-year-old man presented acutely to the hospital with behavioural disturbance, choreiform movements and profound nihilistic delusions. He reported recent drug and alcohol abuse, and also apparent involvement in several recent criminal activities, for ...
Campbell, Stewart +3 more
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Intracellular and circulating neuronal antinuclear antibodies in human epilepsy
Neurobiology of Disease, 2013 There are overwhelming data supporting the inflammatory origin of some epilepsies (e.g., Rasmussen's encephalitis and limbic encephalitis). Inflammatory epilepsies with an autoimmune component are characterized by autoantibodies against membrane-bound ...
Philip H. Iffland, II +8 more
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Antinuclear Antibodies: A demographic profile from a Tertiary Healthcare Centre of Delhi
SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: Anti-nuclear autoantibodies (ANA), have explicitly been linked to immune complex-mediated autoimmune diseases. Detection and quantitation of autoantibodies are therefore crucial in the diagnosis and treatment.
Krishna Sarkar +3 more
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Eosinophilic fasciitis (Shulman's disease): review and comparative evaluation of seven patients. [PDF]
, 2019 OBJECTIVES: Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) was described in 1974 by Shulman as a rare fibrosing connective tissue disease of unknown etiology. An undetermined trigger is thought to lead to the degranulation of eosinophils that interact with fibroblasts and
Cimbron, M +3 more
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Turkish Journal of Hematology, 2022 Objective: Eltrombopag remains a prominent option in the treatment of steroid-dependent or steroid-refractory immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) patients. Unfortunately, not all patients respond to eltrombopag.
Mehmet Baysal +4 more
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Post-Partum Pituitary Insufficiency and Livedo Reticularis Presenting a Diagnostic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting in Tanzania: A Case Report, Clinical Discussion and Brief Review of Existing Literature. [PDF]
, 2012 Pituitary disorders following pregnancy are an important yet under reported clinical entity in the developing world. Conversely, post partum panhypopituitarism has a more devastating impact on women in such settings due to high fertility rates, poor ...
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Diagnostic Pathology, 2009 It has been more than 50 years since antinuclear antibodies were first discovered and found to be associated with connective tissue diseases. Since then different methods have been described and used for their detection or confirmation.
Minz Ranjana +2 more
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Antinuclear antibodies in systemic sclerosis associated with increased risk of malignancy
Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2018 Patients with systemic sclerosis are at 1.5–5-fold increased risk of developing malignant diseases. It has been shown that some types of antinuclear antibodies associated with systemic sclerosis may have predictive value for development of malignant ...
Anna Stochmal +3 more
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