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The Kidney in Collagen--Vascular Diseases [PDF]
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 1994 David R. Turner
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022 We report on the case of a patient with dysgerminoma, a rare germ cell tumor, which showed hypercalcemia with an elevation of 1α,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (calcitriol). A 27-year-old nulliparous woman presented with hypercalcemia during the examination
Natsuko Hara +11 more
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Thyroid Research, 2022 Background Palpitations due to Graves’ disease are often caused by supraventricular arrhythmia. However, in rare cases, the background of coronary artery disease, genetic abnormalities, or channel abnormalities can cause ventricular fibrillation, which ...
Hajime Iwasaki +8 more
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Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy, 2021 Objectives Dermatomyositis (DM) is an autoimmune disease that presents with a wide variety of clinical manifestations. Patients with DM or clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) with antimelanoma differentiation‐associated protein 5 (anti‐MDA5 ...
Asami Fujii +6 more
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RMD Open, 2021 Objectives To compare effectiveness between tofacitinib and tocilizumab treatments for biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD)-naïve patients or previous bDMARD-failure patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) refractory to ...
Yukitaka Ueki +3 more
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Urinary proteomics can define distinct diagnostic inflammatory arthritis subgroups [PDF]
, 2017 Current diagnostic tests applied to inflammatory arthritis lack the necessary specificity to appropriately categorise patients. There is a need for novel approaches to classify patients with these conditions.
Gaya, Daniel +9 more
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Molecular dynamics simulations of the affinity of chitin and chitosan for collagen: the effect of pH and the presence of sodium and calcium cations [PDF]
Progress on Chemistry and Application of Chitin and Its
Derivatives 28 (2023): 136-50, 2023 Chitosan and chitin are promising biopolymers used in many areas including biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering and viscosupplementation. Chitosan shares similar properties with hyaluronan, a natural component of synovial fluid, making it a good candidate for joint disease treatment.
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The presence of neutrophil extracellular traps in different forms of pyoderma gangrenosum
Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy, 2023 We demonstrated that there were abundant neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in the skin biopsies from various types of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG), based on the observation of extended and compact areas of immunolabeling of MPO and Cit H3 proteins.
Takaharu Ikeda +6 more
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Role of Collagen in Airway Mechanics
Bioengineering, 2021 Collagen is the most abundant airway extracellular matrix component and is the primary determinant of mechanical airway properties. Abnormal airway collagen deposition is associated with the pathogenesis and progression of airway disease.
Lumei Liu +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Herein, we aimed to explore whether male patients with congenital collagen diseases had a higher risk of inguinal herniation than patients without these diseases. Data were retrospectively collected from the National Health Insurance Research Database of
Hao-Han Chang +4 more
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