A case of primary biliary cirrhosis associated with mixed connective tissue disease.

A Case and Literature Review of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

Normal Pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is characterized by gait apraxia, urinary incontinence, and dementia. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease that has never been reported to cause NPH. Our patient was a 67-year man with a one-year history of gradual worsening gait and balance, urinary urgency with urge incontinence and decreased short-term memory. P...

A case of mixed connective tissue disease combined with sarcoidosis.

Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with minimal change disease.

infection and the development of MPO-ANCA-associated GN, we compared the titres of C. pneumoniae abs in the active and remission phase of the disease in the same patients. The titres of anti-C. pneumoniae IgM and IgA, but not IgG abs in ANCA (remission) group significantly decreased compared with that in ANCA (active) [IgM ab: 1.22 0.47 vs 1.05 0.49U, P< 0.05; IgA ab: 1.70 1.20 vs 1.29 0.88 U, ...

[Mixed connective tissue disease].

Mixed connective tissue disease deserves to be a distinct disease entity due to the persistent citation of this disease in the literature since the original description by Sharp in 1972, in spite of the presence of several criticisms against the independency of this disease. The characteristic features of mixed connective tissue disease are: 1) the presence of anti-U1snRNP antibody with high ti...

a patient with primary biliary cirrhosis accompanied by wilson’s disease

conclusions co-occurrence of pbc with wd is rare, which can cause diffusely intrahepatic copper deposition. early liver biopsy and genetic testing are necessary for the diagnosis. the combination of ursodeoxycholic acid with zinc and sodium dimercaptopropane sulfonate is effective. introduction both primary biliary cirrhosis (pbc) and wilson’s disease (wd) can cause copper retention in the live...