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 ...
Common Factors in Empirically S ...
this article, we examine the manuals of empirically supported psychotherapies for borderline personality disorder (BPD) by comparing their common an ...
Attachment and its Vicissitudes ...
This article reviews the recent literature on attachment and attachment-related constructs in borderline personality disorder, with attention given ...
DSM-5 Borderline Personality Di ...
Recently, the DSM-5 Personality Disorders Workgroup offered its proposed revision for borderline personality disorder (BPD) and other personality di ...
Placebo Response: A Considerati ...
Placebo effects are a potentially inherent element in all treatment responses, and as such, they play a critical role in determining what is “therap ...
Tinnitus-related Distress: A Re ...
This article reviews recent articles relevant to tinnitus-related distress (TRD). Recent studies provide evidence that 1) chronic tinnitus, which oc ...
Diabetes and Depression
In a context of the potentially epidemic nature of both diabetes mellitus and depression, and the negative effects reported in cases of comorbidity, ...