Performance of an automated chemiluminescence SARS-CoV-2 IG-G assay

Autor: S.K. Phua, Y.L. Liang, Tar Choon Aw, Helen M. L. Oh, C.S. Lau, S.P. Hoo

Publikováno v: Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry
Clinica Chimica Acta

Highlights • An extensive evaluation of the Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay. • The assay shows excellent sensitivity/specificity with little cross-reactivity. • Healthy volunteers and pre-pandemic samples had similar antibody cut-off indexes. • A

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7476884

Update on vasculitis: an overview and dermatological clues for clinical and histopathological diagnosis – part I☆☆☆

Autor: Thâmara Cristiane Alves Batista Morita, Gabriela Franco S. Trés, Roberta Fachini Jardim Criado, Mirian Nacagami Sotto, Paulo Ricardo Criado

Publikováno v: Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia v.95 n.3 2020
Anais brasileiros de dermatologia
Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia (SBD)
instacron:SBD
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, Vol 95, Iss 3, Pp 355-371 (2020)

The term vasculitis refers to the inflammation of vessel walls. It may range in severity from a self-limited disorder in one single organ to a life-threatening disease due to multiple organ failure. It has many causes, although they result in only a

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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7253914

Polymyalgia rheumatica: A case series from Colombia and analysis of Latin America

Autor: Milly J. Vecino, Santiago Beltrán, Mónica Rodríguez-Jiménez, Rubén D. Mantilla, Carlos Enrique Toro-Gutiérrez, Manuel Rojas, Carlos Alberto Cañas, Vivian Pastrana-Gonzalez

Publikováno v: Journal of Translational Autoimmunity, Vol 4, Iss, Pp 100115-(2021)
Journal of Translational Autoimmunity

Objective Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is the most common inflammatory disease in patients over 50 years. Information about the disease in Latin America (LATAM) is scarce. We aimed to evaluate a group of Colombian patients with PMR and to conduct a s

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589909021000356

Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use among rheumatoid arthritis patients in Saudi Arabia

Autor: Tariq M. Alhawassi, Bedor A. Alomari, Aseel M. Almuhareb, Hussain Alarfaj, Ahmed Alghamdi, Abdulrahman Alarfaj, Haya M. Almalag, Maysoon S. Alblowi, Mohammed A. Omair

Publikováno v: Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal : SPJ
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, Vol 27, Iss 7, Pp 939-944 (2019)

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Background and aim The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is unexplored among Saudi rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and types of CAM used among patients

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31997900

Sex differences in frailty and its association with low bone mineral density in rheumatoid arthritis

Autor: Katherine D Wysham, James S. Andrews, Dolores M. Shoback, Patricia P. Katz

Publikováno v: Bone Reports
Bone Reports, Vol 12, Iss, Pp 100284-(2020)

Objectives Frailty in the general population is associated with poor health outcomes including low bone mass and osteoporotic fracture. The relationship between frailty and low bone mineral density (BMD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is unknown. This

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32509932