Angiogénesis en Psoriasis y Artritis Psoriática (inglés)
Leong TT, Fearon U, Veale DJ. Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent’s University Hospital and The Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. douglas.veale@ucd.ie. Psoriasis is a common chronic dermatosis occurring in 2% of the population and associated with an inflammatory arthritis–psoriatic arthritis (PsA)–in up to 40% of cases. PsA […]
Resonancia magnética de alta resolución (inglés)
Tan AL, Grainger AJ, Tanner SF, Shelley DM, Pease C, Emery P, McGonagle D. Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the use of a novel surface coil for clinically utilized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, in order to describe the microanatomic basis for hand osteoarthritis (OA) at all stages of disease. METHODS: MRI […]
El papel del ultrasonido en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la artritis (inglés)
Kane D. University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, School of Clinical and Medical Sciences (Rheumatology), Cookson Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. d.j.kane@ncl.ac.uk. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) presents many diagnostic, management and research challenges for rheumatologists who wish to obtain early diagnosis, differentiate synovitis and enthesitis, monitor disease activity accurately and objectively, prevent the development of structural damage, […]
Factores genéticos en artritis psoriática (inglés)
Korendowych E, McHugh N. Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, BA1 1RL Bath, United Kingdom. ekorendowych@doctors.org.uk. The genetic factors that are associated with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are intricately linked with those that predispose to psoriasis itself. The strongest association is with human leukocyte antigen-Cw*0602, although true susceptibility may lie with one of […]
Vasculitis cutánea (inglés)
Hayat S, Berney SM. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA. sberne@lsuhsc.edu. Vasculitis is defined as inflammation of blood vessels and can affect multiple organs. Several classification systems exist to categorize vasculitis such as vessel size, presence of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, pathogenesis of the […]
Infecciones en niños y jóvenes adultos con malencias óseas (inglés)
Aditya H. Gaur, M.D. 1, Tiebin Liu, M.S.P.H. 2, Katherine M. Knapp, M.D. 1, Najat C. Daw, M.D. 3 4, Bhaskar N. Rao, M.D. 5 6, Michael D. Neel, M.D. 5 6, Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, M.D. 3 4, Diane Brand, R.N. 1, Elisabeth E. Adderson, M.D. 1 4 7 * Keywords bone tumor therapy […]
Artritis reumatoide (inglés)
Lehrstuhl fur Innere Medizin mit Schwerpunkt Rheumatologie der Justus-Liebig Universitat Giessen, Abteilung fur Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Kerckhoff-Klinik Bad Nauheim. Summary. The development of novel anti-rheumatic drugs revolutionizes currently therapeutic strategies and diagnostic management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, facilitating the goal of true remission instead of only symptomatic treatment as in former years. Since […]
Osteoporosis e Hipogonadismo en hombres (inglés)
Hairmyres Hosptital, East Kilbride G75 8RG. It is estimated that almost 1 in 10 men will suffer a fracture caused by osteoporosis after the age of 50 years. Among those are a considerable number of men who will fracture their hip. A number of therapies have demonstrated efficacy in improving bone density in men, and […]
Neurofibromatosis Tipo 1 (inglés)
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 29(4):532-539, July/August 2005. Restrepo, Carlos S MD; Riascos, Roy F MD; Hatta, Ami A MD; Rojas, Rafael MD Abstract: Summary: Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an autosomal dominant congenital dysplasia of the neural crest cells that affects the development of tissue and structures arising from the 3 germinal layers. Affected […]
Ultrasonografía , Tomografía Computerizada y Resonancia Magnética (inglés)
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 29(4):438-445, July/August 2005. Bipat, Shandra MSc *; Phoa, Saffire S. K. S MD, PhD *; van Delden, Otto M MD, PhD *; Bossuyt, Patrick M M PhD +; Gouma, Dirk J MD, PhD ++; Lameris, Johan S MD, PhD *; Stoker, Jaap MD, PhD * Abstract: Objective: To compare ultrasonography […]