Posts Tagged ‘with-the-local’

Vitamin E gel reduces time of healing of digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis.

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

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http://antioxidant-scleroderma.blogspot.com/2009/12/vitamin-e-gel-reduces-time-of-healing.html

BACKGROUND: In systemic sclerosis (SSc), digital ulcers (DU) are painful, difficult to heal and frequently infected, thus greatly affecting quality of life and increasing SSc-related disability. Vitamin E has been previously used in cutaneous lesions for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. OBJECTIVES: To study the healing effect of D-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (acetic ester of alpha-tocopherol) (VE) gel on DU of SSc patients.

Diagnostic value of exhaled nitric oxide to detect interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis.

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

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http://antioxidant-scleroderma.blogspot.com/2009/12/diagnostic-value-of-exhaled-nitric.html

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Increased alveolar concentration of nitric oxide (CA(NO)) is related to the severity of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, cut-off levels of CA(NO) to rule out, or to rule in, the presence of ILD in individual patients are unknown