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Reumatol Clin 2021 Feb 15. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

Hospital Juan A. Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Background And Objectives: ILD patients can be positive to highly specific autoantibodies of connective tissue diseases (CTD). Among them stand out myositis-specific and associated autoantibodies (MSA/MAA). There is limited knowledge about treatment response and prognosis of ILD patients positive to MSA/MAA (MSA/MAA-ILD). Read More

Clin Spine Surg 2021 Feb 12. Epub 2021 Feb 12.

Faculty of Medicine, University of Saint-Joseph in Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Arts et Métiers ParisTech Department of Pediatric Orthopedics, Armand Trousseau Hospital, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Paris, France.

Study Design: This was a multicentric cross-sectional descriptive study.

Objective: To analyze patterns of 3D rib cage deformity in subjects with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and their relationship with the spinal deformity.

Summary Of Background Data: Subjects with AIS present with rib cage deformity that can affect respiratory functions. Read More

Clin Transl Gastroenterol 2020 Dec;11(12):e00267

1Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland; 2Department of Scientific and Medical, usMIMA S.L., Barcelona, Spain.

Introduction: Chronic constipation is associated with various comorbidities and reduced quality of life. Current solutions, either pharmacological or invasive, show limited efficacy. Manual colon-specific massage is a well-established intervention to treat chronic constipation, but it should be applied daily. Read More

J Clin Rheumatol 2021 Jan 22. Epub 2021 Jan 22.

From the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón Hospital Universitario La Princesa Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.

Few studies have been published focusing on the differences between juvenile idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (JIIM) and adult IIM. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of JIIM main subgroups (juvenile dermatomyositis [JDM] and juvenile polymyositis [JPM]) and to compare their differences with adult IIM subgroups (adult DM and adult PM).

Methods: This study reviewed the medical records of patients from the REMICAM cohort, a multicentric longitudinal study carried out in patients with IIM, followed up between 1980 and 2014 in 12 hospitals in Madrid, Spain. Read More

Indian J Dermatol 2020 Nov-Dec;65(6):473-482

Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, India.

Background: Vitiligo is an acquired, idiopathic, and common depigmentation disorder. The values of various epidemiologic parameters are often doubtful due to the methodological weaknesses of the studies.

Aims: To elicit the magnitude of various epidemiological parameters and important correlates of vitiligo. Read More