Background Anticentromere antibodies (ACA) have been reported in primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS) at lower frequencies but recently suggested as another clinically important marker this disease 1 . Although several papers published on ACA-positive pSS, the results conflicting 2,3 Objectives To evaluate correlation between presence of ACA and associated symptomatology, especially related to microv...

INTRODUCTION One of the most important symptoms of Sjögren syndrome is xerostomia. The oral cavity deprived of saliva and its natural lubricative, protective and antibacterial properties is prone to a number of unfavourable consequences. AIM To present the most important lesions on the oral mucosa in primary and secondary Sjögren syndrome and in dry mouth syndrome. MATERIAL AND METHODS The ...

Connective Tissue Disease (CTD) is an autoimmune disease involving connective tissues, including sjogren syndrome (pSS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic sclerosis (SSc), mixed tissue (MCTD), lupus erythematosus (SLE), etc. [1,2]. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) refers to a pathological condition in which the pulmonary artery pressure rises above certain threshold, causing right heart ...

MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended for review should be senit to Professor J. MoKeen Cattell, G(arrisOnon-Hudson. N. Y. THE CONTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL SCIENCE TO MEDICAL ART AS SHOWN IN THE STUDY OF TYPHOID FEVER 1 I INTERPRET the gratifying invitation of the Academic Senate to appear before you as faculty research lecturer for the current year not only as an opportunity of as...

The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Masculine Subordination-to-women Stress Scale (MSS) in the rural Bangladeshi population. The scale was validated using a sample of 342 Bangladeshi married men from 5 northwest villages of the country. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a single-factorial structure of the scale: masculine subordination-to-women stress...

A number of studies have investigated the roles played by individual and social learning in cultural phenomena and the relative advantages of the two learning strategies in variable environments. Because social learning involves the acquisition of behaviours from others, its utility depends on the availability of 'cultural models' exhibiting adaptive behaviours. This indicates that social netwo...

Background Health care organizations are utilizing quality and safety (QS) teams as a mechanism to optimize care. However, there is a lack of evidence-informed best practices for creating and sustaining successful QS teams. This study aimed to understand what health care leaders viewed as barriers and facilitators to establishing/implementing and measuring the impact of Canadian acute care QS t...

This commentary draws out themes from the narrative symposium on "living with the label "disability"" from the perspective of auto/biography and critical disability studies in the humanities. It notes the disconnect between the experiences discussed in the stories and the preoccupations of bioethicists. Referencing Rosemarie Garland-Thompson's recent work, it suggests that life stories by peopl...

Ceramide is the key intermediate in the pathway of sphingolipid (SL) biosynthesis (1) and an important intracellular signaling molecule (2,3). Ceramide consists of a sphingoid long chain base to which a fatty acid is attached via an amide bond (Fig. 1). When the chemical composition of SLs was first determined in the 1940s (4), stearic acid (C18:0) was identified as the major fatty acid attache...