an 8-year old boy with polyarthritis and nail involvement is presented in this report. nail involvement in reiter's syndrome is a rare condition that may include painless erythematous nduration of the base of the nail fold; subungual parakeratotic scaling and thickening opacification, ridging of the nail plate.

Apoptosis of arterial smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) could play an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and restenosis. Recent studies have demonstrated that extracellular adenosine induces apoptosis in various cell types. Our aim was to delineate the capacity of this nucleoside to induce ASMC apoptosis in arterial diseases. We demonstrate that adenosine dose-dependently triggers ...

Background Specific haplotypes of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) are associated with susceptibility and disease activity Behçet’s (BD). However, the clinical importance HLA-A26 in BD is not well recognized compared to that HLA-B51. Objectives This study aimed examine association between HLA-A26, HLA-B51, manifestations, severity BD, especially focusing on possession. Methods was a multicenter cr...

AIM To assess the clinical features, treatment and outcome of oral sarcoidosis and to determine whether oral involvement is associated with a particular clinical phenotype of sarcoidosis. DESIGN Multicentric retrospective study. METHODS Retrospective chart review. Each patient was matched with four controls. RESULTS Twelve patients (9 women, 3 men) were identified. Their median age at sar...

The existence and extent of effects of small-scale haptic involvement on recall performance in an explicit memory task were investigated in two related experiments involving a total of 40 subjects. The memory task was structured in such a way that it abstracts two of the fundamental activities encountered when interacting with realworld equipment through physical control interfaces: 1) the iden...

Background Major organ involvement is one of the main causes mortality and morbidity in Behçet’s Disease (BD) [1]. However, prognosis predictors major are insufficiently studied. Objectives We aimed to follow young, male BD patients with only mucocutaneous symptoms who have highest risk for new prospectively. Methods Thirty-six were included study. Patients assessed prospectively at 3-6 months ...

BACKGROUND Induced sputum is a non-invasive method for studying pulmonary inflammation. OBJECTIVES To assess pulmonary inflammation by analysis of induced sputum specimens in patients with systemic sclerosis and lung involvement, and to determine whether there is a correlation with the pulmonary function alterations in these patients. METHODS Twenty-five patients with systemic sclerosis wer...

Introduction: Wegener Granulomatosis is a rare multisystemic disease with an unknown cause, characterized by necrotic granulomatous lesions in respiratory tract, systemic vasculitis in small arteries and veins and necrotizing glomerulonephritis. Wegener can affect any organ including kidneys, eyes or other organs but classically affects upper and lower respiratory tract. One of the rare but imp...