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Dealing with a rare disease such as relapsing polychondritis: “food for thought”… | My share of Rheumatology
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My share of Rheumatology. A rheumatologist's blog to summarize and remember for myself, to share with others. Dealing with a rare disease such as relapsing polychondritis: “food for thought”…. Dealing with a rare disease such as relapsing polychondritis: “food for thought”…. The weird thing in medicine is that rare conditions happen to be encountered clustered in time in two or three cases shortly after one another, followed by a quite long period in which one does not see the same condition. Numerous ca...
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Rheumer Has It: July 2015
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Not your mother's RA blog. UNCLE GRAVY'S MAGIC BEAN. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Chronic Life Reality Show: An Amazing Journey. Chronic Life has all of the drama of reality TV. Inspired by my daughter's Chronic Life live-tweet experiment. For Health Central, I decided to have a little fun. And perhaps illustrate what it's like for those who are both patient and caregiver. Just as anyone dealing with chronic illness, each day may take an unexpected direction. Next up on the Chronic Life Reality Show? A little...
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Rheumer Has It: August 2014
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Not your mother's RA blog. UNCLE GRAVY'S MAGIC BEAN. Monday, August 25, 2014. A Cautionary Diagnostic Tale of Juvenile Arthritis. 8221; he declared. This doctor was not our first choice, but we lived in a one red light town. The preferred doctor was near retirement and did not accept new patients. So we saw Dr. Second Best and he declared that seven year old B, presenting with sudden sore throat, high fever, and severe headache, had Mini-Mumps. Nor did Dr. Red Suit believe that B had any form of juve...
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From A to E - ORGENTEC Autoimmunity Blog
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From A to E. From F to O. From P to Z. From A to F. From G to R. From S to Z. From A to E. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM). Acute necrotizing hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis. AIED (autoimmune inner ear disease). ASC (autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis). Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED). Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (ATP). Autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis (ASC). Axonal and neuronal neuropathies. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). Leave a Reply Cancel reply. AARDA...
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Rheumatoid Factor revisited: An "old" test but still up to date - ORGENTEC Autoimmunity Blog
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From A to E. From F to O. From P to Z. From A to F. From G to R. From S to Z. Rheumatoid Factor revisited: An “old” test but still up to date. The jigsaw puzzle of rheumatoid arthritis classification. In contrast, the significance of RF has been further substantiated with the definition of the 2010 ACR criteria for classification of RA. Moreover, recent studies have shown the potential of RF as a contributor to disease pathogenesis. Why do we still measure RF? ACPA and RF are considered as equivalent dia...
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Liver Disease Diagnostics: Antibody-based Diagnosis of Autoimmune Liver Diseases - ORGENTEC Autoimmunity Blog
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From A to E. From F to O. From P to Z. From A to F. From G to R. From S to Z. Liver Disease Diagnostics: Antibody-based Diagnosis of Autoimmune Liver Diseases. Preg replace(): Unknown modifier 'f' in /kunden/404451 55129/autoimmunityblog/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/class.photon.php. Liver Disease Diagnostics: Antibody-Based Diagnosis of Autoimmune Liver Disease. For the launch of our Liver-9-Line immunoblot test (to our press release “. Liver Disease Diagnostics by Immunoblot. If the doctor is a...
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Diagnostic Value of Antibodies against Mutated Citrullinated Vimentin in Rheumatoid Arthritis - ORGENTEC Autoimmunity Blog
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From A to E. From F to O. From P to Z. From A to F. From G to R. From S to Z. Diagnostic Value of Antibodies against Mutated Citrullinated Vimentin in Rheumatoid Arthritis. According to a recently published study anti-MCV could be a better test for diagnosing RA than anti-CCP2. PAD converts arginine residues of endogenous proteins to citrulline. Citrullinated vimentin, historically referred to as the Sa-Antigen, is involved in the pathogenic pathways leading to rheumatoid arthritis and mutated citrullina...
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From G to R - ORGENTEC Autoimmunity Blog
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From A to E. From F to O. From P to Z. From A to F. From G to R. From S to Z. From G to R. Gastric parietal cell antibodies (GPCA). Glomerular basement membrane antibodies (anti-GBM). Histidyl-tRNA synthetase antibodies (anti-Jo-1). Liver cytosol type 1 antibodies (anti-LC-1). Liver-kidney microsomal type 1 antibodies (anti-LKM-1). Mutated citrullinated vimentin antibodies (anti-MCV). Neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA). Parietal cell antibodies (PCA). Proteinase 3 antibodies (anti-PR3). Dr OP Garg,...
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The 2012 revised SLICC criteria for classification of systemic lupus erythematosus - ORGENTEC Autoimmunity Blog
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From A to E. From F to O. From P to Z. From A to F. From G to R. From S to Z. The 2012 revised SLICC criteria for classification of systemic lupus erythematosus. The famous musician Seal is known for his numerous international hits, and for living with an autoimmune disease: the scars on his face are the result of discoid lupus erythematosus. Picture: C. Grube for Access2music.de, wikimedia. According to the SLICC rule a patient has to fulfill at least four criteria, including one clinical and one immuno...
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