Acute lupus rashes, such as butterfly rash and chronic lupus rashes, such as discoid lupus, and other skin and mucosal lesions, such as oral ulcers and non-scarring hair loss, are observed. Acute cutaneous lupus reflects systemic disease activity, but chronic cutaneous lupus does not. In both...
University of Chicago Press; 2005. 61. Wong SP, Vig EK, Taylor JS, et al. Timing of initiation of maintenance dialysis: a qualitative analysis of the electronic medical records of a national cohort of patients from the Department of Veterans Affairs. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;...
Philosophers of medicine have formulated different accounts of the concept of disease. Which concept of disease one assumes has implications for what condi
Our hair thins a bit. It's easier to gain weight. We're not quite as athletics as we were in our 20s. Our eyes stiffen and need glasses when we read. Many eyes also get cataracts, etc… Kids never have these problems.And, some of us have a genetic inheritance where our scar ...
Approaches to pain control in regional pain, overuse, and pain amplification syndromes are discussed in appropriatechapters. It is important to remember that emotions, cultural factors, and family dynamics play a major part in pain perception. Therefore, exclusively medical management of pain in these...
show three technical replicates. Obtained from the patient and a healthy donor (control).f,gQuantification of mutant read proportion at chrX:37,663,371 using the IGV browser. PBMCs were sorted into immune cell subsets (Supplementary Figs.6B,C) and compared with buccal swabs and hair follicles...
6 Sensationalizing Disease: “Living with Progeria:Born Different”The popular documentary series “Born Different” is produced by Barcroft TV for itsYouTubechannel ‘Truly.’ This channel is the self-proclaimed “home of amazing truestories—celebrating difference, maintaining a sense of wonder and...
Terminology Substance Use Disorder Criteria Types Common Substances Is Addiction a Disease or a Choice? What’s the difference between a substance abuse disorder, addiction, and disease? That’s a good question, and one we set out to determine. Although there are some different aspects of each,...
Hyperplasia of hair follicles and other adnexal structures in cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders: a study of 53 cases, including so-called pseudolymphomatous folliculitis and overt lymphomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 2008;32(10):1468–78. PubMed Google Scholar Kempf W, Levi E, Kamarashev J, et ...
The pronounced degeneration of collagen in perforating GA produces necrotic tissue that is eliminated by hair follicles. Subcutaneous GA may masquerade as a rheumatoid nodule, but can be distinguished by the presence of mucin. There have been rare reports of sarcoid-like GA. GA is the result of...