We here present 3 Venezuelan children with acute leukemia, initially diagnosed as idiopathic juvenile arthritis because of the occurrence of pain and joint swelling at the onset of disease. Joint pain was aggravated at night and the arthritis showed a migratory pattern, mainly affecting large joints in an asymmetrical fashion. One patient presented with persistent unilateral sacroiliac pain lea...

Since the 1970s nearly all US-states have introduced a form of joint custody after divorce. We analyze the causal effect of this custody law reform on the incidence of marriage and divorce. Our identification strategy exploits the different timing of reform across states and the control group of divorcing couples without minors. Estimations based on state panel data suggest that the introductio...

a 78-year-old woman presented with epigastric pain following the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids) for joint pain relief. she underwent ugi endoscopy. during ugi endoscopy she suffered from severe retching despite the use of sedatives. at 6 hours after the procedure, she developed raccoon eyes with chemosis. biopsy from the gastrointestinal (gi) mucosa revealed amyloidosis.

Systemic arterial hypertension is main cause of cerebrovascular events and coronary disease. Therefore, treatment control this disease great importance in public health. Arterial a common that defined as the persistent elevation blood pressure more than 130/80 mm HG by American college cardiology (ACC)/American heart association (AHA), 8th joint national committee (JNC 8) criteria specify≥140/9...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION Previous research showed the association between health-related quality of life and metabolic syndrome (MetS). The present study aimed to examine the impact of persistence of MetS on health-related quality of life in non-diabetic Iranian adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study. A representative sample of 643 non-diabetic individuals (67% female), aged ...

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a reemerging mosquito-borne pathogen that causes incapacitating disease in humans characterized by intense joint pain that can persist for weeks, months, or even years. Although there is some evidence of persistent CHIKV infection in humans suffering from chronic rheumatologic disease symptoms, little is known about chronic disease pathogenesis, and no specific ther...