The Genetics of Scleroderma
Stem Cells for the Treatment of ...
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is highly prevalent. As of now, there is no minimally invasive longterm treatment available. Adult stem cells are ...
Metabolic Profiling for the Det ...
The development and progression of many human diseases often result in changes in gene expression and protein and metabolite concentrations. Changes ...
Renal Imaging in Patients with ...
In patients with renal impairment, the incremental benefits from administration of contrast media for imaging studies need to be carefully assessed ...
Current Status and Outcomes of ...
Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RARC) has emerged as a viable treatment option for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer and ...
The Role of Percutaneous Renal ...
The use of percutaneous renal mass biopsy (RMB) has increased in recent years, likely in parallel with the growing incidence of renal cell carcinoma ...
Contemporary Imaging of the Ren ...
Renal masses increasingly are detected incidentally in asymptomatic individuals. Accurate characterization of these lesions is important for clinica ...
Surgical Management of Renal Cy ...
The kidney is one of the most common sites for cyst in the body (prevalence about 5%). Symptomatic or incidental cyst needs to be characterized furt ...
New Insights into the Biology a ...
â2-glycoprotein I (â2GPI) is the major autoantigen in the antiphospholipid syndrome. The central importance of understanding â2GPI physiology from t ...
Update on Antiphospholipid Synd ...
Thrombotic events that occur in children are relatively rare and are mostly associated with indwelling catheters, infectious processes, surgical pro ...
Is Testing for Antiphosphatidyl ...
One of the most intriguing characteristics of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is that diagnosis requires the combined presence of clinical abnor ...
Bone Health Issues in Sarcoidos ...
Sarcoidosis affects the bone directly in only a minority of patients. Nonetheless, bone health should be considered in the management of all patient ...
Use of Hydroxychloroquine to Pr ...
Hydroxychloroquine is used extensively in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, not only for its benefit for cutaneous and musculoskeletal ...
Autoantibodies Directed Against ...
Patients diagnosed with the antiphospholipid syndrome typically suffer from vascular thrombosis, pregnancy morbidity, or a combination of the two. D ...
Quality of Care in Patients wit ...
Gout is a common inflammatory arthritis. We know a great deal about its etiopathogenesis and have relatively safe and effective therapies for it. Go ...
Primary Thrombosis Prophylaxis ...
Persistently positive antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) with thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidity are the hallmark of the antiphospholipid syndrom ...
Imatinib and the Treatment of F ...
Imatinib mesylate has become a therapy of interest for the treatment of systemic sclerosis because of its ability to inhibit c-Abl and platelet-deri ...
Biomarkers of Scleroderma Lung ...
This article reviews the clinical background and significance of selected biomarkers that have been studied in relation to systemic sclerosis, or sc ...
Effects of Dairy Intake on Hype ...
Dietary modification is frequently recommended for patients with gout. Longitudinal observational studies have shown a clear inverse relationship be ...
The Scleroderma Kidney: Progres ...
Scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) is characterized by malignant hypertension, oliguric/anuric acute renal failure, and important mortality, with a 5-ye ...
A Unifying Hypothesis for Scler ...
We propose that a recent change in the conception of the role of type 1 interferon and the identification of adventitial stem cells suggests a unify ...
Pediatric Rheumatology in South ...
Pediatric rheumatology is a well-established subspecialty in just 4 of 11 Southeast Asia countries. With the development of a dedicated pediatric rh ...
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in t ...
Efficient antifibrotic therapies are not available for patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). This review summarizes the current preclinical and cl ...
The Genetics of Scleroderma
The importance of the genetic component in the pathogenesis of scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, has been strengthened in the past 2 years with st ...
Biomarkers in the Management of ...
Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is a clinically heterogeneous disease characterized by fibroproliferative vasculopathy, tissue fibrosis affectin ...
State of the Art in the Pharmac ...
This article reviews the most recent studies of the pharmacologic treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Although research continues us ...