Gingival recession can result in an unesthetic appearance, hypersensitivity, and root caries. The physiological well-being of the patient is a significant factor associated with success dental therapy.Numerous techniques are advocated for coverage. Although, connective tissue graft serves as gold standard, it requires second surgical site -a major disadvantage. When aesthetic demand high vestib...

Maryam Najafi, Sousan Kolahi, Mohaddeseh Mokhtarkhani. Medical Student, Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Professor, Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Medical Student, Evidence Based Medicine Center of Excellence, Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz Univer...

Mohaddeseh Mokhtarkhani, Sousan Kolahi, Maryam Najafi. Medical Student, Evidence Based Medicine Center of Excellence, Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Professor, Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Medical Student, Connective Tissue Diseases Research Center, Tabriz Univer...

Interstitial lung disease is a common complication of many of the connective tissue diseases. Because the prognosis, degree of reversibility, and optimal therapy differs for each disease presentation, a thorough knowledge of the pulmonary presentations of each connective tissue disease is important. Additionally, the challenge of finding the patient who has occult connective tissue disease in a...

BACKGROUND Liver disease is rare in the course of mixed connective tissue disease. Most commonly liver steatosis or elevated liver function tests are reported and only a few cases of mixed connective tissue disease associated with autoimmune hepatitis were described. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of an 11-year old boy with hepatitis on admission to the hospital and symptoms and signs of ...

The conjugated lipids of connective tissue of the rat and rabbit obtained by the sponge-biopsy technic and the aortic intima of the rabbit were divided into two portions by differential saline solubility and the saline-soluble portion was further fiiictionated into the alpha and beta fractions of Colin. No apparent relationship was observed between the protein, amino acids or lipids of the seru...

The normal structure and function of the human lung is dependent on the maintenance of the connective tissue matrix. These structural macromolecules provide the template for normal parenchymal cell architecture on which efficient gas exchange depends. In addition, the organization and amount of this extracellular matrix accounts for much of the mechanical behavior of the lung parenchyma during ...