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Comparison of International Study Group Criteria and International Criteria for Behcet's Disease in the Azeri population of Iran [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine, 2017 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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Connective tissue diseases and pregnancy [PDF]
Rheumatology, 2006 Connective tissue diseases (CTD) such as systemic lupus erythematosus diffuse or limited systemic sclerosis and numerous others affect women frequently during the childbearing period. Every pregnancy in a patient with CTD should be regarded as high-risk pregnancy, and requires intensive monitoring and immediate treatment of clinical problems. For these
P, Saar, W, Hermann, U, Müller-Ladner
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 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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Prospective assessment of cardiovascular risk parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2018 Background The study presents a prospective follow-up assessment of cardiovascular (CV) risk parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in comparison with control subjects. Methods The study group consisted of 41 RA patients.
Bożena Targońska-Stępniak +4 more
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Biomarkers in connective tissue diseases [PDF]
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2017 Autoimmune connective tissue diseases are clinically variable, making biomarkers desirable for assessing future disease risk, supporting early and accurate diagnosis, monitoring disease activity and progression, selecting therapeutics, and assessing treatment response.
Neelakshi R, Jog, Judith A, James
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Journal of Medical Science, 2014 Introduction. The microangiopathic antiphospholipid syndrome (MAPS) is a subset of APS comprising those patients presenting with thrombotic microangiopathy and demonstrable antiphospholipid antibodies. Renal involvement occurs frequently in the course of
Bożena Targońska-Stępniak +2 more
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Neuro‐Sjögren: Uncommon or underestimated problem?
Brain and Behavior, 2020 Objectives Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic inflammatory disease with an autoimmune background with possible complications from peripheral (PNS) and central nervous system (CNS).
Marta Jaskólska +7 more
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Connective tissue disease in pregnancy [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2013 Connective tissue diseases (CTD) include a variety of chronic multisystem disorders with a high percentage of autoimmune conditions. Many of these conditions affect women of childbearing age and, therefore, pregnancy poses an important challenge for doctors looking after such women.
Ateka-Barrutia, Oier +1 more
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RheumatologySystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by high heterogeneity of clinical manifestations and an uncertain prognosis. Although the mortality rate due to SLE has decreased significantly in recent decades, there is still a
Dorota Suszek +9 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Fertility preservation (FP) is increasingly integrated into the care of pediatric patients exposed to gonadotoxic therapy or conditioning for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), yet perioperative data in infants and toddlers remain scarce.
Kerstin Saalabian +13 more
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