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Comparison of International Study Group Criteria and International Criteria for Behcet's Disease in the Azeri population of Iran [PDF]
Introduction: Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease affecting multiple organs and systems such as mucosa, skin, eye, joints and cardiovascular, nervous and gastrointestinal systems. Various criteria are proposed for
Leila Delnabi +4 more
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Role of growth factors in the pathogenesis of tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. [PDF]
The most severe clinical and pathologic manifestations of systemic sclerosis (SSc) are the result of a fibrotic process characterized by the excessive and often progressive deposition of collagen and other connective tissue macromolecules in skin and ...
Castro, Susan V. +2 more
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Connective tissue ulcers [PDF]
Connective tissue disorders (CTD), which are often also termed collagen vascular diseases, include a number of related inflammatory conditions. Some of these diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), localized scleroderma (morphea variants localized to the skin), Sjogren's syndrome ...
Ganary Dabiri +2 more
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Could the super-pulsed CO2 laser be used for oral excisional biopsies? [PDF]
Background. The main purpose of a biopsy is microscopic examination and diagnosis. Keeping the margins of specimens safe and readable is always fundamental to detecting marginal infiltrations or malignant transformation.
Ambrogiano, Simone +6 more
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Pain in systemic connective tissue diseases [PDF]
Pain is frequent in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs), particularly those affected by systemic sclerosis (SSc) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in which it is virtually ubiquitous and can have different causes.
Atzeni, Fabiola +4 more
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A lumpy back: extensive cutaneous collagenomas [PDF]
A widespread form of eruptive collagenomas in a 12-year-old man is presented for the impressive iconography, challenging differential diagnosis, and histopathological considerations associated with such rare connective tissue disorders.
Agosta, Daniele +4 more
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Connective tissue anomalies in patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissection. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of connective tissue abnormalities in patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissections (sCeAD). METHODS: We systematically assessed clinically detectable signs of connective tissue aberration in a series of ...
A. Giossi +19 more
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BackgroundRecent evidence has indicated that alterations in energy metabolism play a critical role in the pathogenesis of fibrotic diseases. Studies have suggested that ‘metabolic reprogramming’ involving the glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation ...
Isabella Gomes Cantanhede +14 more
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Host reaction in paratenic fish hosts against 3rd stage larvae of Anguillicola crassus [PDF]
Many fish species of Lake Balaton (Hungary) serve as paratenic hosts for the 3rd stage larvae of the eel parasite Anguillicola crassus. The incidence oi different phases of the host reaction varies with paratenic fish host but its nature is basically the
Molnár, Kálmán +2 more
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The connective tissue index of Helix aspersa as a metal biomarker [PDF]
Copyright © 2004, Springer Netherlands.The digestive gland of adult land snails, Helix aspersa, sampled from four different sites in São Miguel island (Azores) was submitted to chemical analyses, autometallography and haemalum/eosin staining, in order to
Amaral, André +3 more
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