Steroid responsiveness in connective tissue diseases.

Steroid responsiveness in connective tissue diseases.

Thirty-four patients with connective tissue disease used dexamethasone drops 0.1% in one eye for 6 weeks. There was a higher incidence of positive steroid response than would be expected in a normal population. Most of the male patients were responders. Care should be exercised when prescribing local steroids for these patients. Males should be offered regular screening for glaucoma.

Connective tissue diseases.

Undiagnosed connective tissue diseases

Among different subgroups of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), those associated with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) have distinct hemodynamic and prognostic features; a correct etiologic diagnosis is thus mandatory.To estimate frequency and prognosis of previously undiagnosed CTDs in a suspect idiopathic (i) PAH cohort.Consecutive patients with PAH confirmed by right heart catheterizati...

Vistas in Connective Tissue Diseases

each excellent paper there is a discussion by the very distinguished members of the study group. The reviewer is, as might be surmised, in favor of disease-orientated research, believing that the application of basic science to clinical problems is the essence of modern medicine. He also believes that conferences such as this provide an opportunity for a valuable exchange of ideas. Unfortunatel...

[Connective tissue diseases and psoriasis].

Psoriasis is an autoimmune chronic inflammatory skin disease that is common in Spain. Connective tissue diseases are a heterogeneous group of conditions characterized by the abnormal function or structure of one or more of the elements that make up connective tissue. These diseases are also autoimmune in origin. In spite of the high prevalence of psoriasis in the general population, its associa...