OBJECTIVE Myocardial involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has great importance. The aim of this study is to evaluate the rotation and twisting mechanics of the left ventricle (LV) in patients with SLE. METHODS Forty-three patients fulfilled at least four of the American College of Rheumatology criteria for SLE and 30 individuals as controls were included in the study. SLE disease...

Abstract Background and Aims Lupus nephritis (LN) is a severe renal manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that negatively impacts morbidity mortality; however, real-world data for LN scarce. This study describes: the proportion patients with SLE managed by rheumatologists (rheum-managed) nephrologists (neph-managed) class III–V; Safety Estrogens in Erythematosus National Assessmen...

The city of Kolkata, the State Capital of West Bengal is jolted by earthquakes time and again from the tectonic regimes of the Central Himalaya, highly seismogenic Northeast India and the active tectonics of Bengal Basin which is a pericratonic tertiary basin on which the City is located. Earthquake disaster mitigation and management necessitates seismic hazard assessment for the generation of ...

Selena Montinaro, Alessandro Concas, Massimo Pisu, Sarah Fadda, Alberto Cincotti and Giacomo Cao Centro Interdipartimentale di Ingegneria e Scienze Ambientali (CINSA) and Cagliari Laboratory of Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale “La Chimica per l’Ambiente” (INCA), Via San Giorgio 12, 09123 Cagliari, Italy. CRS4, Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Developement in Sardinia Parco Scient...

Title: Characterization of the hepatitis B virus DNA detected in urine of chronic hepatitis B patients Authors: Surbhi Jain ([email protected]) Ying-Hsiu Su ([email protected]) Yih-Ping Su ([email protected]) Sierra McCloud ([email protected]) Ruixia Xie ([email protected]) Tai-Jung Lee ([email protected]) Shu-Chuan Lin ([email protected]) Selena Lin (selenayl@gma...

INTRODUCTION Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is associated to an increased prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MeS) and to a reduction of Quality of Life (QoL). The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between MeS and QoL in SLE. METHODS SLE patients were consecutively enrolled in a cross sectional study. MeS was defined according to IFD definition. Therapy with glucocorticoids (...