The plasma levels of vasoactive and proinflammatory cytokines increase in patients with the severe forms of dengue fever, and as a result, vascular permeability increases 3. Several cases of bilateral ...

Variations in serum concentration of the enzyme, glutamic oxalacetic transaminase, in 64 patients with rheumatic fever were studied. Elevations were noted in 17 of 26 patients with carditis of ...

Polyarteritis Nodosa and Cutaneous Polyarteritis Nodosa Courtney R. Herbert, MD, MPH, Glenn G. Russo, MD Disclosures Skinmed. 2003;2 (5) 0 Differential Diagnosis ...

Objectives To assess the dose-response relationship, efficacy and safety of tabalumab, a human monoclonal antibody that neutralises membrane-bound and soluble B-cell activating factor (BAFF), in ...

Subdural hematomas are recognized by their crescent shape overlying and compressing the brain. They are arbitrarily divided into three types: acute (< 4 days), subacute (4-21 days) and chronic (> 21 ...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) is an autoimmune disorder resulting from Group A Streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis or impetigo in children and adolescents, which may evolve to rheumatic heart disease (RHD) ...

Symptoms such as hepatosplenomegaly, persistent fever, pancytopenia, and cutaneous lesions are shared between leishmaniasis and RA, complicating differential diagnosis (25). In our case, ...