Dermatology

Dermatology is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of skin disorders (Oxford Medical Dictionary). As well as studying how the skin works, dermatology covers a range of...

Rheumatology

Rheumatology is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and management of disease involving joints, tendons, muscles, ligaments and associated structures (Oxford Medical Dictionary). It...

PostMI syndrome Dressler's syndrome

DubinJohnson Syndrome and Rotor's Syndrome

Behet's Syndrome

Clinical utility gene card for: Ehlers–Danlos syndrome types I–VII and variants - update 2012

Ehlers–Danlos syndrome type VIII is clinically heterogeneous disorder associated primarily with periodontal disease, and variable connective tissue features

Arachnodactyly—a key to diagnosing heritable disorders of connective tissue

Arachnodactyly–spidery fingers–is typical of patients with one of the heritable diseases of connective tissue. This Review highlights the differences and similarities amongst these diseases and se...

Prevalence of Sjogren's Syndrome in Patients With Dry Eye

Are patients with aqueous-deficient dry eye at an increased risk for developing Sjogren's syndrome? How is it best diagnosed? The British Journal of Ophthalmology

Autoantibodies Help Earlier Sjogren's Syndrome Diagnosis

Patients suffering from a painful autoimmune disease called Sjogren's Syndrome, will be diagnosed much earlier due to the discovery...

IVIg for Sjogren's Neuropathy: Worth the Price?

Could this pricey therapy help treat the neurologic manifestations associated with Sjogren's syndrome? Medscape Rheumatology

Discovery Makes Early Diagnosis of Sjogren's Syndrome a Reality for the First Time

Patients suffering from the painful autoimmune disease, Sjogren's Syndrome, will soon be able to be properly diagnosed much earlier, thanks to the discovery of novel antibodies by researchers at the U...

Sjogren's Screened by Autoimmune Antibody Tests

Ophthalmologists might be better able to identify those who are most at risk of having Sjogren's syndrome by including tests for 2 autoimmune antibodies when testing patients with dry eye. Medscape...

Multiple Triggering in a Girl With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Case Report.

We report a case of multiple triggering associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. We postulate that the propensity for tendon degeneration in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome coupled with repetitive microtrauma m...

Posterior spinal fusion for scoliosis in ehlers-danlos syndrome, kyphoscoliosis type.

The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes comprise a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of heritable connective tissue disorders characterized by articular hypermobility, skin extensibility, and tissue...

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV. Case study and clinical findings.

We describe Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV in adult patients with a confirmed diagnosis and a systematic review of expected clinical findings in the disease. Serious complications were found in four i...

Clinical and genetic aspects of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, classic type.

Classic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a heritable connective tissue disorder characterized by skin hyperextensibility, fragile and soft skin, delayed wound healing with formation of atrophic scars, easy b...

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and neurological features: a review.

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a term that comprises a variety of inherited connective tissue disorders characterized primarily by skin hyperextensibility, joints hypermobility and excessive dislocations,...