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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510043
Jozef Rovensky and Marie Sedlackova
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: October 10, 2016
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare immune-mediated disease that may affect multiple organs. It is characterised by recurrent episodes of inflammation of cartilaginous structures and other connective tissues, rich in glycosaminoglycan. Clinical symptoms concentrate in auricles, nose, larynx, upper airways, joints, heart, blood vessels, inner ear, cornea and sclera....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510042
TB: Falsely Accused? (A Case Report and Discussion)
Kelsy Greenwald and Jo Ann Ball
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: October 03, 2016
Interferon-Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs) in the past decade have become ubiquitous screening for tuberculosis (TB). Development of these interferon release tests helped screen for TB in patients at high risk, specifically those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The blood test was designed to strongly stimulate interferon release when blood was exposed to a tube laced with TB antigens....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5726/1510041
Amal Mohamad El-Barbary, Marwa Ahmed Aboelhawa, Abeer Abdelmenem Shahba, Noha Mohamed Shafik, Hala Elsayed Hamouda and Hossam Abdelhafiz Zaytoun
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: October 01, 2016
One hundred and fifty RA patients classified into two equal subgroups according to the presence of sicca symptoms, in addition to seventy five healthy controls. All patients were subjected to self-reported questionnaire about sicca symptoms, DAS 28, Unstimulated whole salivary flow rate (UWSFR), Schirmer's test, ESR, CRP, RF, Anti- CCP, Anti-Ro, Anti-La antibodies, serum and salivary CXC ligand 13 (CXCL13), B cell activating factor (BAFF), ultrasonography for major salivary gland and biopsy of m...
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