OBJECTIVE To compare multiple serum markers for their ability to detect active disease in patients with GCA and in those with PMR. METHODS Twenty-six markers related to immune cells that may be involved in GCA and PMR were determined by ELISA and multiplex assay in the serum of 24 newly diagnosed, untreated GCA/PMR patients, 14 corticosteroid (CS)-treated GCA/PMR patients in remission and 13 ...

This paper reports findings from an AHRC-funded project into the use of more than one language in research projects. Using 35 seminar presentations and 25 researcher profiles, we investigated how researchers from differing disciplines became aware of the possibilities, complexities, and emerging practices of researching where more than one language is used: for example, in initial research desi...

Variations of heavy metals concentrations (Pb, Zn, Ni and Cd) in suspended matter as well as the physical properties (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and pH) at five coastal sites and one reference station (offshore) were measured on seasonal base of the year 2005. Seasonal variations of seawater temperature, salinity, pH and dissolved oxygen were significant different, meanwhile; spati...

ت ُـ ا ةيباسحلا جماربلا لامعتسا نع ةجتانلا ةيلعافلا سايقل ةيّقيبطت تانوّكم ةساردلا هذه ددّح ةعوفدمل ةيتامولعم ةيمآ دوجوب يبيرقتلا قطنملا ةيرظن ىلع ةزكترملا هيجوتلاو ةرطيسلا ةمظنأ ةسدنه ىلإ ةفداه . نإ اعم دوجوب اهلامعتسا لجلأ ةهجوم ةيّسايقلا تانوّكملا ةيطّخ ريغو ةدقعم ةيباسح تلاد . و ثحبت ةساردلا هذه نم ةيّسايقلا تانوّكملا لامعتسا يف اهدامتعا بجاولا ةقيرطلا يف اًضيأ أ نم فلتخم ددع نيب ليضفتلا لج تامولعملا...

Objective. The prognosis of large-vessel GCA (LV-GCA) has not yet been investigated. How does it compare to GCA without arm vasculitis (GCA controls)? Methods. Charts of 53 LV-GCA patients and 53 GCA controls were reviewed following a predetermined protocol. Telephone interviews of patients or their primary care physicians were conducted. Forty LV-GCA patients underwent follow-up duplex ultraso...

1 نارهت يكشزپ مولع هاگشناد ،تشادهب هدكشناد ،تشادهب شزومآ دشرا يسانشراك يوجشناد ناريا ، 2 لوئسم هدنسيون : رايداتسا هورگ نارهت يكشزپ مولع هاگشناد ،تشادهب هدكشناد ،تشادهب شزومآ ، ناريا . يكينورتكلا تسپ : [email protected] 3 نارهت يكشزپ مولع هاگشناد ،تشادهب هدكشناد ،هيذغت هورگ رايداتسا ناريا ، 4 رامآ هورگ رايداتسا يضاير و ، ريدم تاقيقحت زكرم ي ،يناتسراميب ت يناسر علاطا و تيريدم هدكشن...

دقو .محرلا اموكراس نم نوناعي اضيرم 36 ضارعتسا تم :جئاتنلا دجو دقو ،اَماع 57 ةعومجملل رمعلا طسوتم نأ ريراقتلا تدافأ )19%(7 و carcinosarcoma تلاالحا نم )58%( 21 نأ اموكراس ةيمحللا محرلا ةناطب ،leiomyosarcoma )LMS( 6 يف تصخش )undifferentiated endometrial sarcom( .Rhabdomyosarcoma )RMS( 6% ينتلاحو 17% ىضرم ةثلاثلا ةلحرلما يف تصخش تلاالحا فصن براقي ام نأ دجو دقو يأ ةلاح 15( تناك ينح يف .يلاوتلا ىلع )...

OBJECTIVES It has been suggested that patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) may share a common pathway with atherosclerosis. Furthermore, patients with GCA and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), in addition to advanced age, are treated for prolonged periods of time with corticosteroids, a factor that can also accelerate atherosclerosis. Hyperhomocysteinaemia is considered an independent risk fact...

A systematic literature search was performed to summarise current knowledge on extracranial giant cell arteritis (GCA), i.e. large-artery involvement in patients with or without clinically apparent temporal arteritis (cranial GCA). Extracranial GCA is increasingly recognised, both in patients with cranial GCA and with solitary extracranial GCA, due to increased awareness among physicians and de...

INTRODUCTION Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is characterized by intimal hyperplasia leading to ischaemic manifestations that involve large vessels. Neurotrophins (NTs) and their receptors (NTRs) are protein factors for growth, differentiation and survival of neurons. They are also involved in the migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Our aim was to investigate whether NTs and NTRs are ...