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Small Acoustic Neuromas: Monitoring the Growth Rate by MRI
In a proportion of small acoustic neuroma patients, monitoring with magnetic resonance imaging shows no volumetric increase of tumour size over the years. The object of the study was to identify some indicati...
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HLA-B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis and polyarteritis nodosa: a case report
A35-year-old man, with positive HBV and HCV markers, showed clinical and histopathological features of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), in the course of HLA-B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The possible oc...
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Hladistribution in Italian patients with fibromyalgia
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Involvement of atlanto-axial joint in rheumatoid arthritis: Rare or frequent?
The authors studied the incidence of atlanto-axial joint involvement by conventional radiography and CT in 183 patients with classical or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In determining lesions the signific...
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Lymphoedema of the limbs in rheumatoid arthritis
The lymphoedema of the extremities is a rare complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); it does not appear to be correlated with positivity for rheumatoid factor nor with the clinical activity of the disease. ...
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Systemic sclerosis following anti-androgenic treatment for prostatic adenocarcinoma
We describe a male patient who developed systemic sclerosis following orchiectomy, radiotherapy and anti-androgenic treatment for prostatic adenocarcinoma. This case appears interesting as it further supports ...
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Peptide opioids and morphine effects on inflammatory process
Morphine was found to inhibit human granulocyte aggregation and ATP, thromboxane B2 (TxB2), and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) secretion during cell aggregation. None of the opioid peptides tested [(d-Ala2,d-Leu5)-enkepha...
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Evaluation of the renal injury from gold salts and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
The urinary excretion of proteins, N-acetil-3-glucosaminidase and leucine aminopeptidase, was measured in 50 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), of whom 20 subjects were on nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ...
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Erythema nodosum and giardia intestinalis
We present the first report of erythema nodosum occurring in a woman with an intestinal infection due to giardia lamblia, an association not previously described. The authors suggest the possible role of giard...
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Bf polymorphism and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis