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Autoimmune connective tissue diseases
Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2015Rheumatic diseases (RDs) occur preferentially in women, often during the childbearing age. The interaction of pregnancy and the RD is varied, ranging from spontaneous improvement to aggravation of disease symptoms or life-threatening flares. Risks for the mother with RD and the child differ in regard to the presence of organ manifestations, organ ...
M. Østensen, I. Cetin
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Connective Tissue Diseases [PDF]
, 2010 A connective tissue disorder characterized by immunological hyperactivity. Inflammation in multiple organs including skin and kidney. Three forms of lupus erythematosus (LE) -specific skin lesion: acute cutaneous LE, sub-acute cutaneous LE, and chronic cutaneous LE/discoid lupus erythematosus.
Minoru Hasegawa, Shinichi Sato
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2016
Obstructive sleep apnea is defined as periodic cessation of airflow (duration ≥10 seconds) during sleep with complete obstruction of the upper airway and continued respiratory effort. Typically, the episode is terminated by a temporary arousal from sleep and return of normal upper airway patency.
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Obstructive sleep apnea is defined as periodic cessation of airflow (duration ≥10 seconds) during sleep with complete obstruction of the upper airway and continued respiratory effort. Typically, the episode is terminated by a temporary arousal from sleep and return of normal upper airway patency.
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Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1977Coping with chronic illness has become a personal experience for me. For the past 13 years, I have gone through various stages of coping with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), a rare collagen-vascular disease of unknown origin that resembles scleroderma, lupus erythematosus, and polymyositis.
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1980
This book is not a primer, but a sophisticated guide to the clinical diagnosis and management of the connective tissue diseases. Written by Dr Graham Hughes, chief rheumatologist at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, it is full of practical advice and clinical wisdom. Dr Hughes follows in the footsteps of the noted Dr E. G. L.
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This book is not a primer, but a sophisticated guide to the clinical diagnosis and management of the connective tissue diseases. Written by Dr Graham Hughes, chief rheumatologist at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, it is full of practical advice and clinical wisdom. Dr Hughes follows in the footsteps of the noted Dr E. G. L.
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BMJ, 1996
Ed Jill J F Belch, R B Zurier Chapman and Hall, £79, pp 392 ISBN 0 412 48620 2 How can connective tissue diseases be characterised? Most doctors consider the hallmark to be the presence of immunological changes in patients with systemic symptoms and multivisceral involvement.
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Ed Jill J F Belch, R B Zurier Chapman and Hall, £79, pp 392 ISBN 0 412 48620 2 How can connective tissue diseases be characterised? Most doctors consider the hallmark to be the presence of immunological changes in patients with systemic symptoms and multivisceral involvement.
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Connective Tissue Diseases and the Liver
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2002Connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome, and scleroderma are systemic disorders that may have an autoimmune basis. The system manifestations vary, and there is frequent overlap among the syndromes.
Anthony S. Tavill +2 more
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Connective tissue diseases [PDF]
, 1989 Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease, possibly of autoimmune origin, causing smooth muscle atrophy and collagen infiltration of tissues. This rare disease appears at any age and twice as often in women as in men. It occurs in local cutaneous forms and in diffuse forms involving all viscera.
Gérard Schmutz +2 more
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2010
Lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, and dermatomyositis are frequently referred to as autoimmune collagen disorders. They are all associated with a high incidence of circulating autoantibodies, and with widespread fibrinoid degeneration of collagen fibers occurring in mesenchymal tissues.
Sean W. Lanigan, Zohra Zaidi
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Lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, and dermatomyositis are frequently referred to as autoimmune collagen disorders. They are all associated with a high incidence of circulating autoantibodies, and with widespread fibrinoid degeneration of collagen fibers occurring in mesenchymal tissues.
Sean W. Lanigan, Zohra Zaidi
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Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2007
Furst DE, MATUCCI CERINIC, MARCO
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Furst DE, MATUCCI CERINIC, MARCO
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