Evaluation of early and late presentation of patients with ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid to two major tertiary referral hospitals in the United Kingdom [PDF]
PURPOSE: Ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid (OcMMP) is a sight-threatening autoimmune disease in which referral to specialists units for further management is a common practise.
AH Ross+45 more
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Validation of a fornix depth measurer: a putative tool for the assessment of progressive cicatrising conjunctivitis [PDF]
Background/aims Documentation of conjunctival forniceal foreshortening in cases of progressive cicatrising conjunctivitis (PCC) is important in ascertaining disease stage and progression.
Cottrell, Paul+7 more
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Oesophageal involvement in mucous membrane pemphigoid is considered rare, but it may be underdiagnosed. To assess the incidence of oesophageal involvement in a group of patients with newly diagnosed mucous membrane pemphigoid we retrospectively analysed ...
Sandrine Benoit+3 more
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Melanoma of nasal cavity. Literature review and clinical case report
Primary malignant melanoma of the nose mucosa is a rare disease and seen in less than 0,5–0,7% among all melanomas, but has a worse prognosis because of its aggressiveness compared with that of the cutaneous form.
N. Y. Krasovskaya+2 more
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Autoimmune diseases and their manifestations on oral cavity: diagnosis and clinical management [PDF]
Oral signs are frequently the first manifestation of autoimmune diseases. For this reason, dentists play an important role in the detection of emerging autoimmune pathologies.
Bossù, Maurizio+5 more
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Mucous membrane pemphigoid - a report of four cases [PDF]
Introduction. Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is a rare autoimmune, chronic inflammatory disease that affects mucous membranes, most commonly the eyes and mouth, with or without skin involvement.
Jocić Ivana+4 more
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Pathological and histopatnotogical studies of the swimbladder of eels Anguilla anguitla infected by Angutlticpta crassus (Nemafoda: Dracuncuioidea) [PDF]
The swimbladder lesions produced by Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda) infection, causing mass mortality among eels in Lake Balaton (Hungary) were studied by histological methods.
Baska, Ferenc+4 more
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Mucous Membrane of Respiratory Epithelium [PDF]
Of the eight epithelial cell types of the airway surface epithelium three are secretory, the mucous, serous and Clara cells: the first two are also found in the submucosal glands. Organ culture results indicate that the pattern of control of the surface cells is different from that of the glands.
Rosemary Jones, Lynne Reid
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Keratoprostheses for corneal blindness: a review of contemporary devices [PDF]
According to the World Health Organization, globally 4.9 million are blind due to corneal pathology. Corneal transplantation is successful and curative of the blindness for a majority of these cases. However, it is less successful in a number of diseases
Avadhanam, Venkata+2 more
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Morphological changes of mucous membrane of maxillary sinus at odontogenic perforative sinusitis
Methods of light, electronic microscopy and immunohystochemistry lead research of structural changes of a mucous membrane maxillary sinus at 43 patients with odontogenic perforative sinusitis.
O. D. Baydik+4 more
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