BACKGROUND: The aim of these clinical standards is to provide guidance on ‘best practice’
care for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of post-COVID-19 lung disease. METHODS…

INTRODUCTION: The functional evaluation has become increasingly important in the
understanding and management of patients with interstitial lung diseases. The cardiopulmonary …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, progressive, and systemic inflammatory disease that
preferentially affects the synovial membranes of joints and eventually leads to bone and …

The initial evaluation of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) primarily involves a
comprehensive, active search for the cause. Autoantibody assays, which can suggest the …

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare disorder of unknown cause that affects women
of reproductive age. The disorder is characterized by the proliferation of atypical smooth …

The present report describes the severe evolution of Kawasaki disease in a three-month-old
infant. The ailment was initially atypical in its presentation, with the patient exhibiting only …

DISCUSSION High serum IgG4 that is associated with sclerosing pancreat itis was first
described in 2001 by Hamano and colleagu es and suggests a distinct disease entity due to its …

A Doença de Kawasaki (DK) é uma vasculite que afeta predominantemente os vasos
sanguíneos de médio porte, especialmente as artérias coronárias do coração. Nos últimos anos, …

FUTURE STUDIES Evidence from other complex traits suggests that, with larger sample
sizes, GWAS will reveal many more loci harbouring common sequence variants underlying …

Inflammasomes are cytosolic complexes composed of a Nod-like receptor, NLR, the adaptor
protein, ASC, and a proteolytic enzyme, caspase-1. Inflammasome activation leads to …