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Rheumatoid arthritis: extra-articular manifestations, immunology and the role o...
Tribolet de Abreu, Tiago; Panarra, António; Ferreira, Ana; Soromenho, Francisco; Vaz Riscado, ManuelObjective: To determine the extraarticular manifestations, immunology and the role of methotrexate use in a population of 67 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: The clinical charts from all the patients in our Unit with the diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis were reviewed. Results and conclusions: 83,6% of the patients were female, with a mean age of 59,5 years. The most prevalent extraarticular manifes...
Labial salivary gland biopsy in Sjögren’s syndrome: results and their implicati...
Tribolet de Abreu, Tiago; Soromenho, Francisco; Vaz Riscado, ManuelObjective: To determine:1) the results of labial salivary gland biopsies (LSGB)2) the implications of the results with respect to the classification criteria of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS)3) Assess the sensitivity of LSGB in SS in patients from our Unit with the clinical diagnosis of SS.Methods: The clinical charts from all the patients with the diagnosis of SS were reviewed using theEuropean Study Group’s classifi...
Nail fold capilaroscopy in autoimmune diseases
Alves, José; Panarra, António; Soromenho, Francisco; Vaz Riscado, ManuelNailfold capillaroscopy is a non-invasive method for in vivo observation of micro - circulation. Several studies have been presented showing the relationship between capillary morphology and the presence of auto-immune diseases. Others, addressed the relationship between specific cha racteristics found in essential hypertension, diabetes and duration of disease. Nevertheless,few quantitative controlled stud...