Abstract: Introduction: In a preliminary report to the 8th International Congress on Behcet’s Disease (BD) in 1998, we showed the efficacy of combination therapy with low dose pulse Cyclophosphamide (LDP) and Methotrexate (MTX) in posterior uveitis (PU) and retinal vasculitis (RV) of BD. We present here our experience with more patients and a longer follow up. Patients & Methods: BD Patients who were on the association of LDP and MTX due ...
CLASSIFICATION TREE AS PREDICTOR OF TYPE IV WHO KIDNEY INVOLVEMENT, USING CLINICAL AND LABORATORY TESTS, IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE).
Abstract: Purpose: To use clinical and laboratory tests instead of kidney biopsy for the diagnosis of type IV WHO renal involvement in SLE. Methods: Patients with SLE were divided in two groups according to their kidney biopsy: type IV WHO (110 patients) and other forms (98 patients). Each group was further divided in two groups: the learning sample and the validation ample. The classification and regression tree method was used for the ...
On going epidemiological survey on Behcet's Disease in Iran; Tendency toward milder forms of the disease.
Abstract: Introduction: Iran is among the countries with high prevalence of Behcet's Disease (BD). The epidemiological survey on different aspects of the disease has been continuously carrying out since 1975 in our center. The aim of this study was to find if the characteristics of the disease are changing through the time. Patients & Methods: In a cohort of 4130 patients with BD, registered at our BD unit during the past 25 ...
Intermediate term results of combination therapy with low dose pulse Cyclophosphamide and Methotrexate in ocular lesions of Behcet's Disease.
Abstract: Introduction: In a preliminary report to the 8'" International Congress on Behcet's Disease (BD) in 1998, we showed the efficacy of combination therapy with low dose pulse Cyclophosphamide (LDP) and Methotrexate (MTX) in posterior uveitis (PU) and retinal vasculitis (RV) of BD. We present here our experience with more patients and a longer follow up. Patients & Methods: BD Patients who were on the association of LDP and MTX due to ...
COMPARISON OF POLYMYOSITIS TO POLYMYOSITIS-SCLERODERMA OVERLAP SYNDROME.
Abstract: Purpose: Polymyositis (PM) is an inflammatory muscle disease, which has more overlap with scleroderma than other connective tissue diseases. The aim of this study is to compare the clinical, paraclinical and therapeutic response of polymyositis with polymyositis-scleroderma overlap syndrome. Methods: During the past 10 years we had 16 overlap syndromes and 40 primary polymyositis. All patients were classified by the American college of Rheumatology classification criteria. Ninety-seven items were checked in ...
Radioloyic Sacroiliac Involvement in Behcet's Disease; A control study.
Abstract: Introduction: The association of Behcet’s disease (BD) and Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is still a controversial subject. As the presence of sacroiliac joint (SIJ) involvement is an essential criterion in the diagnosis of AS, we decided to determine the prevalence of SIJ involvement in BD and compare it with control group. Materials & Methods: We selected randomly 199 BD patients and 168 non-BD cases (CG), in a 12 month period (between April ...
Clinical features in Systemic Sclerosis in early and late phases. Analysis of 53 patients.
Abstract: Objective: Systemic sclerosis is a generalized disorder of connective tissue disease. This study surveyed the clinical manifestations of systemic sclerosis in early (6 years) phases of limited and diffuse variants. Methods: Nineteen patients with diffuse and thirty-four cases with limited form of disease were selected consecutively from 1992 to 1998. Sixty-five clinical data were evaluated and then analyzed by MC-Nemar chi square test between two forms in both phases. Results: (1) There were ...
CONVULSION AND ITS RELATION TO ANTI-DNA ANTIBODY LEVELS IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS.
Abstract: The neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus are frequent. One of the most serious presentations is convulsion. This study was carried out to evaluate the relation between convulsion and anti-DNA antibody levels. An analytic, retrospective case-controlled study was carried out, with reference to 1001 recorded cases of systemic SLE lupus erythematosus in Lupus Unit, Rheumatology Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The frequency Of convulsion was 13.3%. There ...
PREGNANCY OUTCOME IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS.
Abstract: Objective: To assess the course of maternal disease and outcome of pregnancy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Patients and Methods: One hundred SLE patients who carried out 128 pregnancies were studied retrospectively. These patients were followed in lupus unit every one to two months by the rheumatologist and obstetrician team throughout pregnancy. Some patients were given prophylactic low-dose Prednisolone. Lupus flares were treated by increasing Prednisolone doses. Patients who ...
BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN ATHLETE WOMEN. ANALYSIS OF THIRTY-NINE CASES.
Abstract: Objective: Exercises, especially sports have an effective role in increasing of Bone Mineral Density (BMD). This study surveyed the bone density in athlete women compared to Iranian standard BMD at the same age and sex. Methods: This study was a prospective survey on thirty-nine athlete women between 20 to 30 years old. Subjects were selected randomly in six different athletes groups including basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton, swimming and running. BMD was measured ...