Trends and Content Analysis of Abstracts Presented at 17 HIV/AIDS Conferences from 2003 to 2010 Carole Lunny, BAH, MHS, Brenna D. Shearer, BMR(OT), MSA(HSA), PhD (HCA), James Cruikshank, BSc, Kim Thomas, BA, Ashley Smith, BSc, RRT Women’s Health Issues. 2011; 21(6):407-417. Published online 07 September 2011 Abstract Objective HIV/AIDS conferences provide an opportunity to review […]
AIDS, Autoimmune, HIV
Kathie Béland, Pascal Lapierre, and Fernando Alvarez. World J Gastroenterol. 2009 March 7; 15(9): 1025–1034. [email protected] Abstract The pathogenesis of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is complex. However, it is believed that a susceptible individual, owing to his genetic background, sex and age, can develop the disease following exposure to an environmental trigger. Autoimmune hepatitis does not follow a […]
Autoimmune, environment, Hepatology
Abstract In common with several other autoimmune diseases, there is a marked female preponderance in both autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Whether this is due to gender differences relating specifically to the liver or more generally to the female constitution is unknown. The clinical expression of these disorders provides few clues to […]
Autoimmune, Endocrinology, Hepatology
Abstract Thyroid hormone replacement is one of the very few medical treatments devised in the 19th century that still survive. It is safe, very effective and hailed as a major success by patients and clinicians. Currently, it is arguably the most contentious issue in clinical endocrinology. The current controversy and patient disquiet began in the […]
Autoimmune, Thyroid
