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Eular/Pres Endorsed Consensus Criteria For The Classification Of Childhood Vasculitides
(B M J Publishing Group, 2006)
Background: There has been a lack of appropriate classification criteria for vasculitis in children. Objective: To develop a widely accepted general classification for the vasculitides observed in children and specific and ...
Increased Frequency Of Extremely Skewed X Chromosome Inactivation In Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)
Objective. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a childhood rheumatic disease of unknown etiology. Two subgroups of JIA, i.e., oligoarticular and polyarticular, are thought to have an autoimmune component, and show a ...
Decreased Prevalence Of Atopy In Paediatric Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever
(B M J Publishing Group, 2004)
Background: A number of inflammatory diseases, including familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), have been shown to be driven by a strongly dominated Th1 response, whereas the pathogenesis of atopic diseases is associated with ...
Biologic Therapy in Primary Systemic Vasculitis of the Young
(Oxford Univ Press, 2009)
Methods. This was a retrospective descriptive case series of children with PSV treated with biologic therapy between February 2002 and November 2007. Primary retrospective outcome assessment measures were: daily corticosteroid ...
Isokinetic Strength Measurements In Early Knee Osteoarthritis
(Medfarma-Edicoes Medicas, Lda, 2009)
Objectives: One of the most important reasons for locomotor dysfunction and disability in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) is muscle weakness in the lower extremity. The aim of this study was to compare the isokinetic ...
Tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha G -> A-238 And G -> A-308 Polymorphisms In Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
(Oxford Univ Press, 2002)
Objectives. To study G-->A -238 and G-->A -308 polymorphisms in the promoter region of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) alpha gene in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). We analysed whether there were any ...
Effect of Wrist Involvement on Median Nerve Electrophysiology in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
(Publisaude-Edicoes Medicas Lda, 2009)
Objectives: Localized compression of the median nerve due to wrist arthritis is a frequently reported complication in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis. However, in only two cases median nerve compression has been ...
Selectin Adhesion Molecules in Behcet's Disease
(Bmj Publishing Group, 2000)
Objectives-The pathogenesis of Behcet's disease (BD) is closely related to endothelial cells, leucocyte functions and autoimmunity. The aim of this study was to investigate circulating selectin adhesion molecules, which ...
Skewed X Chromosome Inactivation in Blood Cells of Women with Scleroderma
(Wiley, 2005)
Objective. Scleroderma (SSc) is an autoimmune disease of unknown etiology. The disease is 3-8 times more frequent in women than in men. The role of X chromosome inactivation (XCI) in the predisposition of women to autoinimunity ...