Identification and Activity of Cytosol Creatine Phosphokinase Enzymes in Normal and Diseased Skin

1994 ◽  
Vol 308 (6) ◽  
pp. 365-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Zemtsov ◽  
Gregory S. Cameron ◽  
Charles A. Bradley ◽  
Victor Montalvo-Lugo ◽  
Federico Mattioli
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Sabine Adler

Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) is an easy tool used for the assessment of patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) as possibly associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Recent insights have also highlighted its role in the diagnostic assessment of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs). The aim of this study is to describe the diagnostic role of NVC in a series of 361 consecutive patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). All the patients were assessed by clinical pulmonary and rheumatic examinations, blood exams, high-resolution computed tomography and NVC. NVC was considered positive only in the presence of avascular areas or giant capillaries, but also, the presence of bushy capillaries (BCs) was recorded. NVC was positive in 17.7% of ILD patients and in 78.1% of ILD patients associated with a diagnosis of connective tissue disease (CTD). In 25% of SSc-ILD patients, NVC proved necessary for a correct diagnosis. The presence of BCs and/or NVC positivity in ILD patients with normal levels of creatine phosphokinase is associated with amyopathic IIM, regardless the presence of RP. In conclusion, NVC is useful for the diagnostic assessment of incomplete forms of CTD and in amyopathic IIMs. NVC should be considered in the diagnostic assessment of ILD patients regardless of the presence of RP.


CHEST Journal ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alon Marmor ◽  
Shlomo Keidor ◽  
Ehud Grenadir ◽  
Aoraham Palant

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 441-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuyoshi HAYASHI ◽  
Yoshitaka KURISU ◽  
Saburo OHSHIBA ◽  
Hiroshi KAWAMURA ◽  
Daisuke FURUTAMA ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis L Counselman ◽  
Edwin W McLaughlin ◽  
Eric M Kardon ◽  
Anita S Bhambhani-Bhavnani

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