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A 35-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with fever and headache. Chest X-ray revealed right pleural effusion. Lab tests revealed increase of eosinophils in his serum and pleural effusion. After admission he complained of doplopia and neck stiffness. Lumber puncture revealed eosinophilia in
Clinical data of 39 children with paragonimiasis treated in Chongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital during 2008-2010 were retrospectively analyzed. The cases aged from 3 to 10 years old, with 25 cases of polyserositis (64.1%), 14 cases of cerebral paragonimiasis (35.9%). Among the cases of
The SLE patient database at the Rheumatology Clinic, St. Luke's Hospital includes 62 patients, 58 of which have complete data. The patients were grouped according to sex (7 males vs 51 females). The presentation, clinical manifestations, ACR criteria and laboratory findings of the 2 groups were
The aim of the present research was to analyze the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the novel influenza A (H1N1) in China. We retrospectively analyzed the epidemiological information and clinical characteristics of 150 patients with the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection by
OBJECTIVE
To study the clinical and immunological profile of mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) in rheumatic disease population.
METHODS
We retrospectively analyzed 6400 cases of rheumatic disease population who took treatment in the Department of Rheumatology, Madras Medical College, Chennai
The SLE database at the Rheumatology Clinic, St. Luke's Hospital currently includes 62 patients. The presentation, clinical features, ACR criteria and laboratory findings in RNP positive lupus patients [14] were compared to RNP negative subgroup [33]. RNP positivity was significantly associated with
BACKGROUND
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by bouts of fever and serositis. Morbidity caused by bouts as well as self-medication were assessed among patients of Turkish ancestry living in Germany (D) or Turkey (T) in order to evaluate current analgetic
BACKGROUND
Adult-onset Still disease (AOSD) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease of unknown cause. Its symptoms usually include persistent fever, fugitive salmon-colored rash, arthritis, sore throat (not specific), but it may also lead to internal organs' involvement, which presents with
Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is an autosomal dominant autoinflammatory disorder caused by mutations in the TNFRSF1A gene encoding the 55-kDa receptor for tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α. It is characterized by recurrent prolonged episodes of fever accompanied by
A 58-year-old man was admitted to hospital because of exertional dyspnoea and a cardiac murmur not previously heard. For one year he was known to have left-sided fibrinous pleuritis. For 5 years he had been taking methysergide for cluster headaches. From 1950-1980 he had worked with
OBJECTIVE
We aimed to describe juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (jSLE) features and to establish its differences compared to adult-onset SLE (aSLE) from a large national database.
METHODS
Data from patients (≥4 ACR criteria) included in Spanish Society of Rheumatology Lupus Registry
BACKGROUND
Cryptococcus neoformans infection usually presents as chronic meningitis and is increasingly being recognized in immunocompromised patients. Presentation with pleural effusion is rare in cryptococcal disease; in fact, only 4 cases of pleural effusion as the initial clinical presentation
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent attacks of serosal membranes. In this study, 103 unrelated Syrian children were included. Mutation screening of the MEditerranean FeVer gene was performed for 12 mutations. Abdominal pain was observed in
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to examine the incidence and therapy of chronic pain in a group of older patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).
METHODS
We identified two groups of patients followed at the CF Center at Children's Hospital (Boston); the first group consisted of all patients