Connective tissue disorders
Connective tissue disorders: Detection of anti-nuclear antibodies and comparative evaluation of enzyme immune assay with indirect immunofluorescence assay
... This is to certify that the dissertation entitled “CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS. DETECTION OF ANTI-NUCLEAR ANTIBODIES AND COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ENZYME IMMUNE ASSAY WITH INDIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ...
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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders with and without connective tissue disorders
... In addition to AQP4-IgG, antinuclear autoantibodies (ANAs) are also often detectable in patients with NMOSD who do not have clinical evidence of a systemic autoimmune disease [3]. However, an increasing number of reports ...
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Metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in the pathophysiology of heritable connective tissue disorders: current evidence
... as connective tissue disorders. Connective tissue disease refers to a group of disorders involving fibrous tissues that maintain the form of organs and other parts of the body ...
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Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Mapping of the Normal Parotid Gland and Parotid Involvement in Patients with Systemic Connective Tissue Disorders
... gland disorders, such as sys- temic connective tissue disorders (CTD), tissue sam- pling through biopsy is the criterion standard, but it is highly invasive, operator dependent, and can ...
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Utility of a simplified ultrasound assessment to assess interstitial pulmonary fibrosis in connective tissue disorders preliminary results
... Introduction: Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a frequent manifestation in patients with connective tissue disorders (CTD). Recently the ultrasound (US) criterion validity for its assessment ...
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Detection of antibodies to extractable nuclear antigens by ELISA for the diagnosis of connective tissue disorders in ANA positive patients
... Autoimmunity refers to the body’s development of intolerance of the antigens on its own cells i. e. there is an immune response to one’s own tissue antigens. This type of body response results in a disease state ...
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Health Outcomes in Offspring of Mothers With Breast Implants
... ageal disorders among offspring of mothers with silicone breast implants born both before and after the date of breast ...esophageal disorders were ...esophageal disorders among offspring of mothers ...
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Mortality with musculoskeletal disorders as underlying cause in Sweden 1997 2013: a time trend aggregate level study
... On average, the age-standardized mortality rate de- clined by 2.3 % (95 % CI: 1.5 to 3.1) annually during the study period in Sweden (Fig. 3). Among MSD subcat- egories while there were statistically significant ...
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Recommendations for anesthesia and perioperative management in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome(s)
... heritable connective tissue disorders, mainly featuring joint hyper- mobility and instability, skin texture anomalies and vascu- lar and internal organ fragility ...
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Spinal Meningeal Diverticula in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Analysis of Prevalence and Myelographic Appearance
... that connective tissue disorders are not a prerequisite for the formation of diverticula and that the presence of the diverticula alone is not sufficient to cause sponta- neous CSF ...
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Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Marfan Syndrome
... in connective tissue disorders can be broadly classified into structural complications such as visceral herniation, volvulus and diverticulosis; and functional or motility disorders with ...
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Calcinosis Cutis: Case Series of Five Patients
... in connective tissue disorders is dystrophic type (6) seen commonly in dermatomyositis, scleroderma, overlap syndromes and rarely in lupus ...than connective tissue disorders, it ...
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Bleeding Disorders in Congenital Syndromes
... platelet disorders, factor deficiencies, connective tissue disorders, and vascular abnormalities, which pose a real risk of bleeding in affected children associated with trauma or ...
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Prevalence of Intracranial Aneurysms in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases: A Retrospective Study
... Our study suggests that patients with Marfan syndrome, Ehlers- Danlos syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1, and Loeys-Dietz syndrome have a high prevalence of intracranial aneurysms. However, it is of key importance to ...
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Occupational musculoskeletal and mental disorders as the most frequent associations to worker’s sickness absence: A 10 year cohort study
... and connective tissue disorders (ICD10 “M” axis) caused the majority of SA during the period of this study, followed by mental health and behavioral dis- orders (ICD10 “F” axis) (Table ...depressive ...
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Morpho-histological study of the digestive tract and the annex glands of Chinchilla laniger
... The connective tissue of the lamina propria, located in the axis of the villi, is made up of loose connective tissue in which fibroblasts, collagen fibres, clusters of smooth muscle cells, an ...
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Chest Pain in Children With Suspected Type I Fibrillinopathy: A Case Report
... cardiovascular-related disorders are a major concern for children and their families when seeking medical ...heritable disorders caused by mutations in the fibrillin genes that lead to a broad spectrum of ...
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Immunology and Disease of Connective Tissue
... HL-A stands for Human Leukocyte Antigen, and B-27 refers to its genetic locus on the chromo some. All of this is an outgrowth of tissue typing necessary in renal transplantation. We have known for some time that ...
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Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Revealed by Haemoptysis on a 10 Year Old Girl at Paediatrics Department of Yalgado Ouedraogo University Hospital
... difficult to diagnose; it is generally associated with congenital heart defects or connective-tissue diseases. The global incidence is not known, however the sci- entific literature reports few cases [2] ...
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Correlation of HRCT with PFT and Broncho Alveolar Lavage in Interstitial Lung Diseases of Collagen Vascular Disorders
... It is a multisystem collagen vascular disorder that particularly affects vessel, serosa, joints, kidneys, CNS, skin and blood vessels. The overall prevalence rate of SLE is about 20-50 cases per 10 5 population and it ...
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