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Immunosuppressive Drug Use in Limited Systemic Sclerosis: An International Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Current guidelines recommend immunosuppressive treatment for diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis but are less clear on their use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) in the absence of internal organ complications. We conducted an international survey to understand current immunosuppressive drug prescribing patterns in lcSSc ...
Sabrina Hoa, Yicheng Mu, Marie Hudson, Janet Pope   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultrasound stimulation of mandibular bone defect healing [PDF]

, 2004
The conclusions of the experimental work presented in this thesis are: 1. Low intensity pulsed ultrasound is not effective in stimulating bone growth into a rat mandibular defect, either with or without the use of osteoconductive membranes. 2.
Stegenga, B, Schortinghuis, J, Schortinghuis, Jurjen,, Schortinghuis, Jurjen, Ruben, JL, Raghoebar, GM   +5 more
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An Active-Targeted ZIF8-Based Nanotheranostic Platform for Ultrasound Imaging-Guided Synergistic Therapy of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

International Journal of Nanomedicine
Xiaoxiao Li,1 Qi Zhou,2 Shaobo Duan,3 Linlin Zhang,2 Zesheng Li,2 Si Chen,2 Yue Yuan,2 Yuanyuan Liu,2 Yanghui Li,2 Xiguo Cai,4 Yuzhou Wang,5 Lianzhong Zhang1,3,4 1Department of Ultrasound, Henan University People’s Hospital, Henan Provincial People’s ...
Li X, Zhou Q, Duan S, Zhang L, Li Z, Chen S, Yuan Y, Liu Y, Li Y, Cai X, Wang Y, Zhang L   +11 more
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Anorectal Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Phenotypes and Functional Patterns

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to characterize specific physiologic defects in anorectal dysfunction in systemic sclerosis (SSc) using anorectal manometry (ARM), evaluate associations with gastrointestinal (GI) and extraintestinal clinical phenotypes, and explore potential serologic markers for risk stratification.
Timothy Kaniecki, Alireza Amindarolzarbi, Tsion Abdi, John Clarke, Michael Hughes, Ami A. Shah, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantitative Evaluation of Focused Ultrasound with a Contrast Agent on Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption

, 2008
—The use of an ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) with focused ultrasound sonication has the potential to disrupt the blood-brain barrier (BBB) noninvasively and reversibly at target locations.
楊逢羿;符文美;楊榮森;林文澧, YANG, FENG-YI;FU, WEN-MEI;YANG, RONG- SEN;LIN, WIN-LI   +1 more
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Automated Hand Flexor Tendon–Thickness Measurement in Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) can affect flexor tendons, contributing to hand function problems and reduced quality of life. Tendon changes are currently assessed with ultrasonography and measured manually, a time‐consuming process prone to interobserver variability.
Mark Greveling, Ties van het Erve, Yvette van de Berg, Simon Mastbergen, Julia Spierings   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survey on limiting exposure to ultrasound [PDF]

, 2017
Ultrasound refers to sound with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is utilized for many purposes in medicine, beauty care, industry and consumer products.
Orreveteläinen, Pasi, Toivo, Tim, Toivonen, Tommi, Kännälä, Sami   +3 more
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Microvascular Damage Is Associated With Carotid Wall Structural Changes in Systemic Sclerosis: A Capillaroscopy and Ultrasound‐Based Observational Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by cardiovascular risk excess not fully explained by traditional factors. Whether the severity of microvascular damage correlates with structural subclinical atherosclerosis remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) abnormalities and carotid ...
Eugenio Capparelli, Luca Clerici, Francesco Lapia, Giusy C. Moltisanti, Eleonora Zaccara, Greta Pellegrino, Daniela Bompane, Francesca Capelli, Letizia Ferrami, Laura Castelnovo, Antonio Tamburello, Maria Sole Chimenti, Paola Faggioli, Antonino Mazzone   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bedside Ultrasonography (US), Echoscopy and US Point of Care as a new kind of stethoscope for Internal Medicine Departments: the training program of the Italian Internal Medicine Society (SIMI)

, 2014
In recent years, thanks to the development of miniaturized ultrasound devices, comparable to personal computers, tablets and even to smart phones, we have seen an increasing use of bedside ultrasound in internal medicine departments as a novel kind of ...
PISCAGLIA, FABIO, Ultrasound SIMI Study Group, Null, Cogliati, Chiara, Aluigi, Leonardo, Arienti, Vincenzo, . . . ], CORAZZA, GINO ROBERTO, Accogli, Esterita, Ultrasound SIMI Study Group [. . ., Di Giulio, Rosella   +9 more
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Elevated Liver Enzymes Is Not an Impediment to Allopurinol Dose Escalation: An Observational Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Routine liver enzyme monitoring is advocated for while on allopurinol, but supporting guidance is lacking. We assessed the incidence and factors associated with elevated liver enzyme levels in patients with gout commenced on allopurinol. Methods One hundred and fifty patients with gout and normal baseline serum aminotransferases initiated on ...
May Shuen Tang, Qai Ven Yap, Peter Pak Moon Cheung, Amelia Santosa, Gim Gee Teng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source