Personalized medicine eliminates need for drug in 2 children
(University of Montreal) Using genome-wide analysis, investigators at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center and the University of Montreal have potentially eliminated a lifetime drug prescription that two children with a previously unknown type of adrenal insufficiency had been receiving for 14 years. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 31, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Rheumatology: Images in Clinical Medicine
Editor: V. Dimov, M.D., Assistant Professor at University of ChicagoEndocardial Calcification in Beh çet ' s Disease. NEJM, 11/2013.A tiger man - sarcoidosis with muscle involvement. Lancet, 12/2012.Raynaud ' s syndrome may lead to acro-osteolysis. Lancet, 06/2012.Vertebra Plana due to Langerhans ' -cell histiocytosis, with Spontaneous Healing. NEJM, 05/2012.Digital Mucous Cyst. NEJM, 04/2012.Post-Traumatic Herniated Cervical Disk. NEJM, 02/2012.Tophaceous Gout. NEJM, 01/2012.Pulmonary Cement Embolism after Vertebroplasty. NEJM, 01/2012.Metastasis of Renal-Cell Carcinoma. NEJM, 10/2011.Gout Nodulosis. NEJM, 09/2...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 22, 2009 Category: General Medicine Tags: Images Rheumatology Source Type: news
Endocrinology: Images in Clinical Medicine
Editor: V. Dimov, M.D., Assistant Professor at University of ChicagoA painful swollen thigh in a diabetic patient: diabetic myonecrosis. The Lancet, 05/2014.Subperiosteal Bone Resorption due to primary hyperparathyroidism caused by parathyroid adenoma. NEJM, 05/2014.Eschar Formation from Testosterone Patch.Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia. Lancet, 04/2012.Insulin-Induced Lipohypertrophy. NEJM, 02/2012.Ectopic Cushing ' s Syndrome. NEJM, 12/2011.Porphyria Cutanea Tarda. NEJM, 09/2011.Auricular Cartilage Calcification and Adrenal Insufficiency. NEJM, 01/2011.Hemichorea –Hemiballism after Diabetic Ketoaci...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - August 22, 2009 Category: General Medicine Tags: Endocrinology Images Source Type: news
