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Malnutrition and sarcopenia in a large cohort of patients with systemic sclerosis
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease which may lead to malnutrition. Previous studies have defined it with different criteria. No thorough evaluations of sarcopenia in SSc are available. The aim o...
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Recurrence of severe low back pain due to myeloproliferative disorder in a patient affected by seronegative spondyloarthropathy
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Interethnic differences at the thermometric response to cold test: functional disorders of blood circulation in hand fingers and exposure to hand–arm vibration
To report some notable aspects regarding thermometric response to cold test in black African subjects compared with Caucasians: both groups comprised persons exposed to hand–arm vibration and controls.
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Combination Therapy with Hydroxychloroquine, Gold Sodium Thiomalate and Methotrexate in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. An Open 3-Year Study
During recent years, aggressive therapeutic approaches have been proposed in order to control the Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) activity and to avoid joint destruction. Here we report the results of an open 3-yea...
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Unsuccessful Treatment with Fludarabine in Four Cases of Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of fludarabine treatment in patients suffering from refractory rheumatoid arthritis. Four patients affected by refractory seropositive rheumatoid arthritis u...
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Efficacy of Methotrexate in the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Three-Year Open Study
The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of methotrexate treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis in a 3-year open trial. Seventeen patients, 14 men and three women (mean age 32.7 ± 8.9 year...
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A case of acquired partial lipodystrophy associated with localized scleroderma and undifferentiated connective tissue disease
The authors describe a case of a 43-year-old woman affected by acquired partial lipodystrophy associated with localized scleroderma and undifferentiated connective tissue disease. Moreover, they review the li...
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Panniculitis Induced by Collagen and Plexiglas Microsphere Injections Used for Aesthetic Treatment
The authors report an unusual case characterised by the prompt appearance of panniculitis after injections of collagen and plexiglas microsphere for aesthetic aim and review the literature about aesthetic tre...
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A Case of Buerger’s Disease Associated with High Levels of Lipoprotein(a)
We describe a 35-year-old man affected by Buerger’s disease in association with very high levels of lipoprotein(a).
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Multiple tendon ruptures in a patient affected by anti-ssa/ro antibody positive rheumatoid arthritis
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Studies of Skin-Window Exudate Human Neutrophils: Increased Resistance to Pentoxifylline of the Respiratory Burst in Primed Cells
Human neutrophils were isolated both from peripheral blood (PB) and from aseptic inflammatory exudates obtained by the Senn's skin window technique (SW). The respiratory burst (O2– production) induced by in respo...
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Large artery giant cell arteritis: A diagnosis to remember
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Megaoesophagus in a patient affected by dermatomyositis
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A case of diffuse systemic sclerosis treated with a 28-day infusion of iloprost
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Neutrophil migration, oxidative metabolism, and adhesion in elderly and young subjects
Objective. To evaluate neutrophil functions in the elderly.Methods. We investigated the PMN migration in vivo and PMN superoxide production and adhesion in response to a variety of compounds; PMN have been isola...
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Weber-Christian disease with calcinosis: A case report
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A case of parvovirus - B19 adult acute arthritis with some allergic disease clinical features
A 31-year old woman suddenly presented arthralgias at wrists, knees and feet, swelling of eyelids and the upper lip, itching behind the ears, fever and macular rash on the extensory surface of legs, face and b...
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Changes of fatty acid composition and oxidative metabolism of human neutrophils migrating into an inflammatory exudate
The peripheral blood neutrophils and the neutrophils accumulated into a skin-window experimental exudate were compared for their ability to release superoxide anion (O 2 − ...
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Finger skin temperature in patients affected by Raynaud's phenomenon with or without anticentromere antibody positivity
We evaluated finger skin temperature in 36 patients affected by Raynaud's phenomenon with or without anticentromere antibody positivity. The temperature measured under basal conditions and after dip** the fi...
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Three clinical reports of Kikuchi's lymphadenitis combined with systemic lupus erythematosus
The authors describe three cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated with Kikuchi's histiocitic necrotizing lymphadenitis (HNL). Two patients presented a cytomegalovirus infection concomitantly wi...