The 9 Muses are daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Greek goddesses personifying the inspiration for the sciences and the arts.
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Cirrhosis and Autoimmune Liver disease: Current Understanding Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) constitute the classic autoimmune liver diseases (AILDs). While AIH target the…
Drug-induced liver injury: recent advances in diagnosis and risk assessment Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (IDILI) is a rare but potentially severe adverse drug reaction that should be considered in patients…
Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity: The New Frontier of Gluten Related Disorders Non Celiac Gluten sensitivity (NCGS) was originally described in the 1980s and recently a “re-discovered” disorder characterized by intestinal and…
Celiac Disease (Sprue) Celiac sprue, also known as celiac disease or gluten-sensitive enteropathy, is a chronic disease of the… emedicine.medscape.com A viral inducer of celiac disease? A viral infection may…
Antiphospholipid Syndrome and the Lungs Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterised by recurrent thromboembolic events (arterial or venous) and/or… emjreviews.com Antiphospholipid Antibodies Profile and Thrombosis Recurrence Background…
Diffuse parenchymal lung disease Between September 2015 and August 2016 there were >1500 publications in the field of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases (DPLDs). For the Clinical Year in Review session…
Mycophenolate led to improvements in patients with systemic sclerosis-related interstitial lung disease Compared with placebo, treatment with mycophenolate was linked with improvements in physiologic… healio.com A multicenter, open-label, comparative study…
Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Results of the SCOT Trial Diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) is one… rheumnow.com Comparison of immunosuppressants for early diffuse systemic sclerosis yields mixed results Placing patients…
Scleroderma (Systemic sclerosis) Andras Fazakas Nordic Health Organization Scleroderma - Systemic sclerosis youtube.com Systemic Sclerosis and the Heart Good afternoon! Thank you Braden, for presenting the case of an elderly…
Evidence for medical marijuana largely up in smoke SAN DIEGO Despite the popularity of medical marijuana, robust evidence for its use is limited or nonexistent for most medical conditions.…
