Annals ofAutoimmunity

Volume: 2 - Number: 12 - March 15, 2003

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b2-Glycoprotein I – A Key Player in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome

No lupus nephritis in the absence of antiC1q autoantibodies?

Corticosteroid-induced scleroderma renal crisis

Antimitochondrial autoantibodies in saliva and sera from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis by Inhibition of Tumor Necrosis Factor alfa

Antiphospholipids Syndrome

b2-Glycoprotein I – A Key Player in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase gene mutation together with anticardiolipin antibody during pregnancy: a case report

Thrombus on the Tricuspid Valve in a Patient With Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome After Implantation of an Inferior Vena Cave Filter

Arthritis

Anti-TNF-? antibody allows healing of joint damage in polyarthritic transgenic mice

Autoimmune Disease Organs Specific

Thyroid disease

Thrombosis: Long Distance Flights and the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism – A Real Threat or Just Another Flight Hysteria?

Skin: Vitiligo: The melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1, a novel target of autoantibody responses in vitiligo

Autoimmune hepatitis in Singapore: A rare syndrome affecting middle-aged women

Antimitochondrial autoantibodies in saliva and sera from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Immunophenotypic profiles in families with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome

Drug-Induced Autoimmune Red-Cell Aplasia

Induction of tolerance in autoimmune diseases by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: getting closer to a cure?

Induction of a long-lasting antitumor immunity by a trifunctional bispecific antibody

Assessment of bone marrow stem cell reserve and function and stromal cell function in patients with autoimmune cytopenias

Alloimmunization and erythrocyte autoimmunization in transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients of predominantly Asian descent

The development of lymphomas in families with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome with germline Fas mutations and defective lymphocyte apoptosis

Autoimmune Vasculitis

Lingual arteritis in an elderly woman

Small vessel vasculitis

P-ANCA vasculitic neuropathy with 12-year latency between onset of neuropathy and systemic symptoms

Dermatomyositis

Cancer-associated neuromusculoskeletal syndromes Recognizing the rheumatic-neoplastic connection

Dermatomyositis and Polimyositis

Treatment of dermatomyositis and polymyositis

Immunology

Lack of autoantibody production associated with cytomegalovirus infection

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Tumour necrosis factor GA -238 and GA -308 polymorphisms in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Lupus

No lupus nephritis in the absence of antiC1q autoantibodies?

Hepatobiliary Disease in Neonatal Lupus: Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics in Cases Enrolled in a National Registry

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in fulminant myocarditis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus.

Meetings and Congress

The British society of Rheumatology. Manchester (UK). XXth Annual meeting April 1-4 2003

I latinoamerican congress in autoimmunity. Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) September 2003

News Therapies in Autoimmune Diseases

Rituximab for Refractory Childhood Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism with the Oral Thrombin Inhibitor, Melagatran

The new clinical trials on pharmacological treatment in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Patient Self-Testing and Patient Self-Management of Oral Anticoagulation: Is It Too Late?

Anti-CD8 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Is Effective in the Prevention and Treatment of Experimental Autoimmune Glomerulonephritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis

The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in the general population of Spain

Sjögren Syndrome

Cathepsin S inhibitor prevents autoantigen presentation and autoimmunity

The liver is a common non-exocrine target in primary Sjögren's syndrome: A retrospective review

Analysis of immunoglobulin light chain rearrangements in the salivary gland and blood of a patient with Sjögren's syndrome

Systemic Sclerosis

Updated Reviews in Dermatology: Systemic sclerosis – scleroderma. Dermatology On line

Corticosteroid-induced scleroderma renal crisis

Anti-Fibroblast Antibodies in Systemic Sclerosis

The Best Unit of Autoimmune Diseases of the World

The best centers for autoimmune diseases around the world:

Vasculitis

The story of Takayasu arteritis