Yoshiyuki Ban
Yoshiyuki Ban
Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs), including Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), are caused by immune response to self-thyroid antigens and affect approximately 2-5% of the general population. Genetic susceptibility in ...
Samia Ragheb,Robert P Lisak
Samia Ragheb
BAFF is a potent B-cell survival factor, and it plays an essential role in B-cell homeostasis and B-cell function in the periphery. Both normal and autoreactive B cells are BAFF dependent; however, excess BAFF promotes the survival, growth,...
Manuel J Amador-Patarroyo,Alberto Rodriguez-Rodriguez,Gladis Montoya-Ortiz
Manuel J Amador-Patarroyo
The age at onset refers to the time period at which an individual experiences the first symptoms of a disease. In autoimmune diseases (ADs), these symptoms can be subtle but are very relevant for diagnosis. They can appear during childhood,...
Still's Disease and Recurrent Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type-I: The First Description [0.03%]
Still病合并反复发作的一型复杂区域疼痛综合征的首次报道
César Faillace,Jozélio Freire de Carvalho
César Faillace
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic neuropathic pain disorder characterized by neuropathic pain associated with local edema and changes suggestive of autonomic involvement such as altered sweating, skin color, and skin temper...
A prospective study of lupus and rheumatoid arthritis in relation to deployment in support of iraq and afghanistan: the millennium cohort study [0.03%]
千禧年队列研究中关于狼疮和类风湿关节炎与伊拉克和阿富汗部署关系的前瞻性研究
Kelly A Jones,Nisara S Granado,Besa Smith et al.
Kelly A Jones et al.
The objective of this study was to prospectively assess the association between deployment in support of the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and newly reported lupus and rheumatoid arthritis while also considering the effects of demograp...
Local cartilage trauma as a pathogenic factor in autoimmunity (one hypothesis based on patients with relapsing polychondritis triggered by cartilage trauma) [0.03%]
软骨局部损伤作为自身免疫的致病因素(反复发作性多软骨炎与软骨损伤相关的假说)
Carlos A Cañas,Fabio Bonilla Abadía
Carlos A Cañas
In the recent years, it has been of great interest to study the binding mechanism between the innate and adaptive immune responses as interrelated processes for the development of multiple autoimmune diseases. Infection has been a well-know...
Maria F Finnis,Sandeep Jayawant
Maria F Finnis
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease in which antibodies are directed against the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction, resulting in muscle weakness and fatigability. Juvenile myasthenia gravis (JMG) is a rare cond...
Nils Erik Gilhus,Jone F Owe,Jana Midelfart Hoff et al.
Nils Erik Gilhus et al.
Patients with autoimmune myasthenia gravis (MG) should be further classified before initiating therapy, as treatment response varies for ocular versus generalised, early onset versus late onset, and acetylcholine receptor antibody positive ...
Lambert-eaton myasthenic syndrome; pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapy [0.03%]
Lambert-Eaton肌无力综合征:发病机制、诊断和治疗
Nils Erik Gilhus
Nils Erik Gilhus
Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (LEMS) is a rare disease with a well-characterized pathogenesis. In 50% of the patients, LEMS is a paraneoplastic manifestation and caused by a small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). Both LEMS patients with SCLC...
Oliver William Masters,Oliver N Bagshaw
Oliver William Masters
Myasthenia gravis is of particular interest to anaesthetists because of the muscle groups affected, the pharmacology of the neuromuscular junction, and interaction of both the disease and treatment with many anaesthetic drugs. Anaesthetists...