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Mixed connective tissue disease — enigma variations? [PDF]

, 2017
In 1972, Sharp and colleagues described a new autoimmune rheumatic disease which they called mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), characterized by overlapping features of systemic sclerosis (SSc), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), polymyositis ...
Ciang, NCO, Isenberg, DA, Pereira, N
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

IFN-γ and TNF-α synergize to inhibit CTGF expression in human lung endothelial cells. [PDF]

, 2012
Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) is an angiogenetic and profibrotic factor, acting downstream of TGF-β, involved in both airway- and vascular remodeling.
Fehrholz, Markus, Kramer, Boris W., Krump-Konvalinkova, Vera, Kunzmann, Steffen, Laug, Roderich, Schütze, Norbert, Speer, Christian P.   +6 more
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Cutaneous mucinosis in mixed connective tissue disease* [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2013
Cutaneous mucinosis is a group of conditions involving an accumulation of mucin or glycosaminoglycan in the skin and its annexes. It is described in some connective tissue diseases but never in association with mixed connective tissue disease.
Maria Helena Sampaio Favarato, Sofia Silveira de Castro Miranda, Maria Teresa Correia Caleiro, Ana Paula Luppino Assad, Ilana Halpern, Ricardo Fuller   +5 more
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Healing cells in the dermis and adipose tissues of the adult pig [PDF]

, 2017
Stage-specific antigen-4 (SSEA-4) positive cells and carcinoembryonic antigen-cell adhesion molecule-1 (CEACAM-1)positive cells, indicative of pluripotent stem cells and totipotent stem cells, respectively, have beenisolated and characterized from the ...
Black Jr., Asa C, Black, Gypsy F., Coleman, Julie, Hawkins, Kristina C, Limnios, Jason Ionnis, Lochner, Frank, McCommon, George, Young, Henry E.   +7 more
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Decreasing Serum Adropin Levels in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case‐Control Study

Health Science Reports
Introduction Systematic lupus erythematosus is a complex fundamental autoimmune disease with relapsing‐remitting course and spectrum of disease ranging from mild to life‐threatening illness.
Mehrzad Hajialilo, Amir Ghorbanihaghjo, Kamran Javidi‐Aghdam, Seyed Amir Hossein Seyeddorraji, Alireza Khabbazi, Mehdi Jafarpour   +5 more
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Reduced RVSWI Is Associated With Increased Mortality in Connective Tissue Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020
Rationale: The prognosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension is poor, especially amongst patients with connective tissue disease related pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Katharine R. Clapham, Kristin B. Highland, Youlan Rao, Wassim H. Fares   +3 more
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Medical geography and its contribution to the aetiology of rare systemic connective tissue diseases : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Geography at Massey University [PDF]

, 1975
This thesis is in two interrelated parts. Part One traced the historical development of medical geography since the idea of applying a geographical perspective to medical problems was first mooted in 4 B.C.
Borman, Graham Barry
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Perspectives on the revised Ghent criteria for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome [PDF]

, 2015
Three international nosologies have been proposed for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome (MFS): the Berlin nosology in 1988; the Ghent nosology in 1996 (Ghent-1); and the revised Ghent nosology in 2010 (Ghent-2).
Bannas, Peter, Behzadi, Cyrus, Bernhardt, Alexander M, Blankenberg, Stefan, De Backer, Julie, Fuisting, Bettina, Hillebrand, Mathias, Kölbel, Tilo, Püschel, Klaus, Robinson, Peter N, Rybczynski, Meike, Schüler, Helke, Sheikhzadeh, Sara, von Kodolitsch, Yskert   +13 more
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Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

Internal Medicine, 1999
Mixed connective tissue disease deserves to be a distinct disease entity due to the persistent citation of this disease in the literature since the original description by Sharp in 1972, in spite of the presence of several criticisms against the independency of this disease.
openaire   +3 more sources