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Reuma.pt/vasculitis : the Portuguese vasculitis registry
Ponte, Cristina; Khmelinskii, Nikita; Teixeira, Vítor; Luz, Karine; Peixoto, Daniela; Rodrigues, Marília; Luís, Mariana; Teixeira, Lídia; Sousa, SandraBackground: The vasculitides are a group of rare diseases with different manifestations and outcomes. New therapeutic options have led to the need for long-term registries. The Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register, Reuma.pt, is a web-based electronic clinical record, created in 2008, which currently includes specific modules for 12 diseases and > 20,000 patients registered from 79 rheumatology centres. On Oct...
Severe Interstitial Lung Disease and Manic Symptoms Secondary to Corticosteroid...
Serra, Sofia Silvério; Pedrosa, Teresa; Falcão, Sandra; Branco, Jaime CunhaInterstitial lung disease occurs in up to 25% of patients with Sjögren’s syndrome and 2% - 8 % of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Corticosteroid therapy remains the main treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus. However, it can be associated with several neuropsychiatric disorders especially with prednisolone at a dose of more than 40 mg/day. We present the case of a 51-year-old patient with syste...