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Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is the most common systemic vasculitis of childhood, but the etiology is not known. Familial occurrence of HSP is rare. There are only two previous reports of the simultaneous onset of HSP...

Takayasu arteritis is a vasculitis of aorta and large vessels and it is rarely diagnosed in childhood in Turkey. An 11-year old girl was admitted for the manifestations of hypertensive cardiomyopathy and congestive heart...

This study is performed in Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Haemodialysis Unit. 172 patients (mean age 45 years; 109 males, 63 females) regularly dialysed for at least longer than 3 months in our unit betw...

Wegener granulomatosis (WG) is a type of necrotising vasculitis that affects mainly the respiratory tract, paranasal sinuses and the kidneys. Urogenital involvement is rare; mainly affecting the prostate gland. Testicula...

OBJECTIVE: Recently, urinary angiotensinogen (AGT) is used frequently as a marker of intrarenal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) activity. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between urinar...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the sacroiliac joints, spine, and peripheral joints. The widespread application of biological agents has led to significant clinical im...

Plasma exchange (plasmapheresis) is a treatment method based on separating the plasma, one of the 4 components, from whole blood removed from the body and giving the remaining part back to the circulation with replacemen...

Encephalitis in immunocompromised individuals presents a unique diagnostic and treatment challenge due to the interplay between infection and immune dysregulation.A 48-year-old male with a history of recurrent sinusitis ...

Resumen La enfermedad de Behçet es una vasculitis multisistémica cuya etiopatogenia es aún desconocida. Las complicaciones arteriales que tienen una relación directa con la enfermedad en las formas pediátricas son m...

El eritema indurado de Bazin (EIB), afección de baja incidencia en nuestro medio, es una enfermedad nodular crónica, recurrente, asociada a una hipersensibilidad retardada a antígenos micobacterianos que típicamente ...

El síndrome de dermatitis y nefropatía porcino (SDNP) es una entidad exclusiva de los cerdos que afecta, en general, a animales de desarrollo y engorde. Su presentación suele ser esporádica con una prevalencia en las...

Resumen Introducción: la enfermedad de Behçet es una vasculitis sistémica de etiología desconocida que afecta generalmente a adultos jóvenes y que puede producir manifestaciones sistémicas (oftálmicas, neurológi...

Materias / palabras clave: rheumatology, osteoarthritis, vasculitis, connective tissue diseases, immunodeficiency states; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system

Materias / palabras clave: nephrology, arterial hypertension, nephritis, vasculitis, renal transplant; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology