Background A 23-year-old white woman with a 3-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus and a 15-month history of lupus nephritis and retinal vasculitis was successfully treated with ...

World leading multifaculty knowledge, experience and innovation addressing the scientific, clinical and therapeutic challenges posed by vasculitis ...

Figure 3. Formation of foamy macrophages and their role in TB pathogenesis. Foamy macrophages play a key role in the formation of caseous necrosis. They are formed when macrophages acquire cholesterol ...

and ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, especially cases that were resistant to conventional therapy. In the setting of transplantation, rituximab has been used in ...

The term dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) refers to a spectrum of heterogeneous myocardial disorders that are characterized by ventricular dilation and depressed myocardial performance in the absence of ...

Parasitic infections of the central nervous system are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. The neurological, cognitive, and psychiatric sequelae of these infections result from a ...

familial acute respiratory distress syndrome, ANLN-related, dog (MONDO:1012930) neuromuscular channelopathy, KCNG1-related, cattle (MONDO:1012911) progressive retinal atrophy, FAM161A-related, dog ...

Figure 2 T2-weighted MRI image showing a focal enlargement of the left lateral rectus muscle (A; arrow) and T1-weighted MRI image with gadolinium showing a focal enhancement of the left lateral rectus ...

Vasculitis is occasionally associated with haematological malignancies and usually ... particularly primary Sjögren’s syndrome, and inflammatory, vasculitic or granulomatous CNS diseases. Once a PND ...

ARP Atlases. 2007;1:17-47. The total number of leukocytes recovered by lavage is determined by examination of a sample of the pooled fluid with a hemocytometer. The cell counts are most accurate ...