Navigating mixed connective tissue disease in pregnancy: a rare case report [PDF]
, 2023 Autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs) in pregnancy present a complex interplay between maternal health and fetal outcomes. While historically discouraged due to potential complications, proper preconception counselling and disease control offer ...
Gangane, Neha +3 more
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Therapeutic Options for the Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease Related to Connective Tissue Diseases. A Narrative Review [PDF]
, 2020 Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the most serious pulmonary complications of connective tissue diseases (CTDs) and it is characterized by a deep impact on morbidity and mortality. Due to the poor knowledge of CTD-ILD's natural history and due to
Cassone, Giulia +6 more
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A Histopathological Study of Pulmonary Hypertension in Connective Tissue Disease
Allergology International, 2011 Connective tissue diseases (CTD), such as systemic sclerosis (SSc), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), develop pulmonary hypertension (PH).
Nobuhito Sasaki +2 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 Mixed Connective Tissue Disease (MCTD) is a rare complex systemic autoimmune disease (SAD) characterized by the presence of increased levels of anti-U1 ribonucleoprotein autoantibodies and signs and symptoms that resemble other SADs such as systemic ...
E. Carnero-Montoro +8 more
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An overlook on the current registries for rare and complex connective tissue diseases and the future scenario of TogethERN ReCONNET [PDF]
, 2022 European Reference Networks; Rare and complex connective tissue diseases; RegistriesRedes Europeas de Referencia; Enfermedades raras y complejas del tejido conjuntivo; RegistrosXarxes de referència europees; Malalties rares i complexes del teixit ...
Arnaud, Laurent +6 more
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Thoracic Manifestations of Connective Tissue Diseases [PDF]
, 2015 Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) comprise several immunologic systemic disorders, each of which associated with a particular set of clinical manifestations and autoimmune profile.
Fernandes, O +6 more
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Sudden Onset Blindness in a Patient with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease [PDF]
, 2013 Case Presentation A 66-year-old Caucasian female recently diagnosed with mixed connective tissue disease presented with acute onset vision loss in the left eye.
Terry, MSIII, Chris +2 more
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Interleukin-6 as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension [PDF]
, 2010 Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine with a wide range of biologic activities in immune regulation, hematopoiesis, inflammation, and oncogenesis.
Furuya, Yoshiaki +2 more
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Automatic segmentation of CT images for ventral body composition analysis [PDF]
Medical Physics 2020, 2020 Purpose: Body composition is known to be associated with many diseases including diabetes, cancers and cardiovascular diseases. In this paper, we developed a fully automatic body tissue decomposition procedure to segment three major compartments that are related to body composition analysis - subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), visceral adipose tissue ...
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Systemic lupus erythematosus and overlap: A clinician perspective
Clinical Dermatology Review, 2019 Autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases, also termed as autoimmune collagen vascular diseases, as the name suggests are the group of illness arising from a combination of loss of tolerance to self-antigens and shifting of the immune system into self ...
Sanket Shah +2 more
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