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Shoulder pain due to cervical radiculopathy: an underestimated long-term complication of herpes zoster virus reactivation? [PDF]
Purpose To evaluate if herpes zoster virus (HZV) reactivation may be considered in the aetiology of cervical radiculopathy. Methods The study group was composed of 110 patients (52 M-58F;mean age ± SD:46.5 ± 6.12; range:40-73) with a clinical ...
AS Hilibrand +34 more
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A 48-year-old woman with an 8-year history of intermittently pruritic papules on the lower extremities suddenly developed pruritus and generalized spread of the lesions over a 1-month period. The lesions appeared as smooth, flat-topped, violaceous, round papules on all extremities, trunk, and back. A biopsy specimen showed sarcoidosis.
Kim, Carolyn, MD, Long, William T, MD
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Psychometric Validation of the Overall Symptom Severity Score for Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Abstract Objective Overall symptom severity (OSS) is a global metric of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) symptom severity. We sought to establish psychometric validity for the OSS, which has not been previously demonstrated in the literature. Study Design Prospective, observational. Setting Academic medical center. Methods Adult patients with CRS (N = 647)
Christine W. Lee +5 more
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Understanding Health and Disease with Multidimensional Single-Cell Methods
Current efforts in the biomedical sciences and related interdisciplinary fields are focused on gaining a molecular understanding of health and disease, which is a problem of daunting complexity that spans many orders of magnitude in characteristic length
Banavar, Jayanth R. +2 more
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HRCT findings of pulmonary sarcoidosis; relation to pulmonary function tests [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Chest-X-ray has several limitations in detecting the extent of pulmonary disease in sarcoidosis. It might not reflect the degree of pulmonary involvement in patients with sarcoidosis when compared to computed tomography of the thorax.
Fatih Ors +5 more
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Characterising Patient Pathways Prior to the Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease
ABSTRACT Background and Objective Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) lead to breathlessness, cough, deteriorating quality of life and early death. Patients are typically diagnosed late in their disease course when existing lung damage cannot be reversed.
Caitlin C. Fermoyle +11 more
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Summary Dynamic interactions between mutated haematopoietic cells and immune cells are key drivers of myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) initiation and progression. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are central mediators of immunosuppression in MDS. We thus aimed to characterize Treg subpopulations in the bone marrow (BM) of MDS patients and to explore their ...
Romain Vazquez +18 more
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Lupus Vulgaris in a Maltese patient [PDF]
Introduction The incidence of cutaneous tuberculosis (TB) in the developed world has fallen, in parallel with the decline of other forms of TB. Nevertheless cases still occur and their diagnosis may be difficult.
Boffa, Michael J. +2 more
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Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous process of unknown cause. Pathologically, it is characterized by noncaseous granuloma, and in more than 90% of patients, the lung or intrathoracic lymph nodes are affected. A roentgenographic staging system (stages I, II, and III), based on the appearance of the plain chest roentgenogram, conveys important ...
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