Severe Corticosteroid-Induced Ocular Hypertension Requiring Bilateral Trabeculectomies in a Patient with Takayasu’s Arteritis by Anna Maria Gruener, Pranev Sharma, Sally Ameen, Faisal Ahmed

“…It further emphasizes the need to raise awareness of the potential ocular side effects of steroids amongst physicians, in particular those looking after patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.…”
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Management of Graves’ upper eyelid retraction (GUER): A review by Akruti Desai, Pallavi Singh, Dan Rootman, Milind N. Naik

“…Graves’ disease, a common autoimmune disorder, characteristically presents with upper eyelid retraction, causing significant functional and cosmetic concerns for affected individuals. …”
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Current Strategies to Generate Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vitro by Jennifer Steens, Diana Klein

“…The use of these different MSCs for cell-based therapies has been extensively studied over the past years, which highlights the use of MSCs as a promising option for the treatment of various diseases including autoimmune and cardiovascular disorders. However, the proportion of MSCs contained in primary isolates of adult tissue biopsies is rather low and, thus, vigorous ex vivo expansion is needed especially for therapies that may require extensive and repetitive cell substitution. …”
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The Tumor Necrosis Factor Superfamily of Cytokines in the Inflammatory Myopathies: Potential Targets for Therapy by Boel De Paepe, Kim K. Creus, Jan L. De Bleecker

“…The idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IM) represent a heterogeneous group of autoimmune diseases, of which dermatomyositis (DM), polymyositis (PM), and sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM) are the most common. …”
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From pathogenesis to new developments in treatment of primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Literature review by A. Juknelytė, Ž. Vaičekauskytė, D. Mickevičienė, R. Balnytė

“… Multiple sclerosis (MS) is characterised as a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) affecting more than 2.3 million people all over the world. …”
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Acquired Hemophilia A (FVIII Deficiency) Associated with Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Treatment with Recombinant Porcine FVIII by S. Nguyen, P. Teh, J. Zhou, E. Y. Chang, A. von Drygalski

“…Acquired hemophilia A (AHA) is a rare autoimmune disorder caused by autoantibodies against Factor VIII (FVIII). …”
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Pathogenesis of Chronic Urticaria: An Overview by Sanjiv Jain

“…The triggering stimuli and the complexity of effector mechanisms remain speculative. Autoimmune origin of chronic urticaria, albeit controversial, is well documented. …”
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Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Induction due to Infection: A Patient with Infective Endocarditis and Chronic Hepatitis C by Fareed B. Kamar, T. Lee-Ann Hawkins

“…In the case of infective endocarditis, patients may present with multisystem disturbances resembling an autoimmune process, cases that may be rendered even trickier to diagnose in the face of a positive ANCA. …”
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Catatonia and Mutism: Neurotic, Psychotic, or Organic Disorder? by Pilar de Jaime Ruiz, Jose Luis García-Fogeda Romero, Luis Gutiérrez-Rojas

“…A differential diagnosis with infectious, autoimmune, and neoplastic etiologies should always be carried out.…”
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Relapsing Polychondritis by Beata Sosada, Katarzyna Loza, Ewelina Bialo-Wojcicka

“…Although the cause remains unknown, the etiology is suspected to be autoimmune. We describe a case of a 31-year-old woman with a four-month history of bilateral auricular and nasal chondritis. …”
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A Rare Case of Splenic Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Relapsing Polychondritis of the Ear by Gary J. Huang, Bryan Mendes, Kianoush Sheykholeslami

“…However, RPC has also been linked to more insidious conditions such as malignancies, autoimmune disorders, vasculitis, or underlying infections. …”
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Continuous Dual Resetting of the Immune Repertoire as a Basic Principle of the Immune System Function by Silvana Balzar

“…Idiopathic chronic inflammatory conditions (ICIC) such as allergy, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and various autoimmune conditions are a worldwide health problem. …”
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Enhancing the effectiveness of immunotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis by delaying immunosenescence triggered by fibroblast-like synoviocytes by Li Zhang, Yang Luo, Hai-Li Shen

“…Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a prevalent autoimmune disorder primarily targeting the diarthrodial joints. …”
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Atypical Manifestation of DRESS Syndrome by Christopher Hakim, Constantine Melitas, Eric Nguyen, Kha Ngo

“…The differential for liver transaminases over 1000 units/liter typically includes liver ischemia, acute viral hepatitis, acetaminophen toxicity, and autoimmune hepatitis. Prompt evaluation is imperative as these etiologies can lead to fulminant liver failure. …”
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Advances in Pathogenesis of Sjögren’s Syndrome by Yao Tian, Hongyi Yang, Na Liu, Yan Li, Jie Chen

“…Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disease of unknown etiology that mainly involves exocrine glands. …”
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A case report of severe nasal ischemia from cold agglutinin disease and a novel treatment protocol including HBOT by Scott Kohlert, Laurie McLean, Dimitrios Scarvelis, Calvin Thompson

“…Abstract Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare condition leading to blood agglutination and autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Cutaneous ischemia resulting from CAD in the head and neck is uncommon. …”
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Optic neuritis: relation between inflammatory genetic markers and occurrence of the disease by V. Punytė, R. Liutkevičienė

“…Typical ON is often related to multiple sclerosis while atypical ON can be caused by various infections, autoimmune disorders or different inflammatory diseases. …”
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Fragmented care in lupus: Patient experiences and insights by Armand Bam

“…Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease requiring interprofessional collaborative care because of its varied manifestations. …”
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Personalization of thiopurine therapy: Current recommendations and future perspectives by Urbančič Dunja, Pasha Flaka, Šmid Alenka, Mlinarič-Raščan Irena

“…Despite great therapeutic advances in the field of biologics, small synthetic molecules such as thiopurines, including azathioprine, mercaptopurine, and thioguanine, remain an important therapeutic pillar in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, other autoimmune disorders, and cancer. This review presents the latest guidelines for thiopurine administration, highlighting the importance of individualized therapy guided by pharmacogenomics. …”
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Unexpected cause of headache in a patient with Noonan syndrome: aseptic meningitis by Hacer Efnan Melek Arsoy, Öner Özdemir, Ümmügülsüm Dikici, Ece Tüsüz Önata, Recep Polat

“…Malignancies, autoimmune diseases, viral and fungal infections, as well as aseptic meningitis due to certain drugs are frequently seen. …”
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