Period prevalence of Systemic Sclerosis (Morphoea) in Tertiary Care Hospital in India: An UpdateSystemic SclerosisAuto immune disorderEpidemiologyPrevalence in a tertiary care hospitalFemale/Male ratios.Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis and vasculopathy. ...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease that can potentially lead to serious organ complications and even death. Its global burden — in terms of incidence and prevalence, differential impact on populations, economic costs and capacity to compromise health-related quality ...
CFS/ME is known to be associated with poor health-related quality of life, worse than cancer, multiple sclerosis and stroke [3]. In fact, approximately 25 to 29% of CFS/ME patients were reported being house- or bed-bounded [4], also over half of the patients are unemployed [5], and...
Aim: This study aims to explore the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) among children with cerebral palsy (CP) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Bulgaria, while analyzing associated demographic, nutritional, and biochemical factors. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was condu...
4 Gender Differences in Stress Responses and Health Gender-specific prevalence rates reveal that men and women are at differential risk for a number of illnesses (see Gender and Physical Health). Whereas women suffer more often from autoimmune diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis or systemic lupus ...
SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosusAUTOIMMUNE thyroiditisTHYROID glandBackground: Abnormalities in thyroid function have been reported in patients with connective tissue disorders. In India many patients suffer from thyroid dysfunction and rheumatological disorders. There is a lack of awareness of th...
Background: Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) is a very common clinical sign in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Within the same country, its prevalence may vary depending on climactic changes. Usually, it predates the onset of cutaneous involvement in SSc, but in rare cases, i...
This study aimed to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of anti-HMGCR antibodies in idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM) at a tertiary care centre in northern India. Data (adult and children) were retrieved from the MyoCite dataset, identifying patients with polymyositis, ...
Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in patients with systemic sclerosis – A prospective cross sectional study in a tertiary clinic in North West India - Indian Journal of Rheumatologydoi:10.1016/j.injr.2014.10.155Singh, P.K.Sharma, S.K.
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is frequently seen in Connective Tissue Disorders (CTDs), most commonly in systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, idiopathic inflammatory myositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, and systemic vasculitides. Recognizing them early is of ...