Reiko Kurotani, Satoshi Okumura, Tsutomu Matsubara, Utako Yokoyama, John R. Buckley, Takeshi Tomita, Kyohei Kezuka, Tomokazu Nagano, Dominic Esposito, Troy E. Taylor, William K. Gillette, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Abe, Jerrold M. Ward, and Shioko Kimura Laboratory of Metabolism, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA Cardiovascular Research Institut...

Kimuras disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology. It is rare in the West, but endemic in Asia. It typically presents as solitary or multiple subcutaneous nodules, that slowly increase in size. The lesions are variably painful and pruritic. It often accompanied by regional lymphadenopathy, raised serum eosinophil counts, and markedly elevated serum immunoglobulin E levels. ...

atherosclerosis is the most common cause of myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. various risk factors have been identified for atherosclerosis. recently, bacterial and viral organisms, which are involved in chronic inflammatory processes, have been also implicated in atherosclerosis development. individuals with a prior history of periodontal diseases and/or tooth loss are considered to be...

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context celiac disease (cd) is defined as a permanent intolerance to ingested gluten. the intolerance to gluten results in immune-mediated damage of small intestine mucosa manifested by villous atrophy and crypt hyperplasia. these abnormalities resolve with initiationa gluten-free diet. evidence acquisition pubmed, ovid, and google were searched for full text articles published between 1963 and...