K Takenaka, K Takada, D Kobayashi… - Modern …, 2011 - Springer Abstract A 51-year-old man developed painless enlargement of the bilateral submandibular and lacrimal glands without xerostomia or xerophthalmia in the absence of autoantibodies to SS-A (Ro) and SS-B (La). In a few years, he developed generalized lymphadenopathy, ... Related articles - All 2 versions
N Pipitone, A Versari, A Vaglio… - Clinical and experimental …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Retroperitoneal fibrosis is a syndrome characterised by the presence of fibrosclerotic tissue in the retroperitoneum, often encasing the ureters. In most cases, retroperitoneal fibrosis is idiopathic, but may also be associated with large vessel vasculitis at distant sites, with the ...
A Vaglio, A Palmisano, F Alberici, U Maggiore… - The Lancet, 2011 - Elsevier In this open-label, randomised controlled trial, we enrolled patients aged 18–85 years with newly diagnosed idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis at the Parma Hospital, Parma, Italy, between Oct 1, 2000, and June 30, 2006. After induction therapy with 1 mg/kg daily of prednisone for 1 ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 4 versions
PJ Scheel, N Feeley… - Annals of internal medicine, 2011 - Am Coll Physicians ... Combined Prednisone and Mycophenolate Mofetil Treatment for RetroperitonealFibrosis. A Case Series. ... Background: Small case series suggest that a combination of mycophenolate mofetil and prednisone may be an effective treatment for patients with retroperitonealfibrosis. ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 4 versions
[HTML] from mayoclinicproceedings.comTA Kermani, CS Crowson… - Mayo Clinic …, 2011 - mayoclinicproceedings.com RESULTS: Of the 185 patients identified as having IRF, 113 (61%) were men and 72 (39%) were women. Mean ± SD age at diagnosis was 57.6±11.8 years. Biopsy specimens were obtained in 142 cases (77%). The most common presenting symptoms were back pain (38%) and ... Related articles - All 5 versions