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Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Antinuclear Antibodies ... likely it will be clinically ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... Kumfer @AnnKumfer #Antinuclear ... ANA #patterns #rheumatology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
patients with clinically ... stimulation Clinical ... objective evidence of neurologic ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... aorta: subclavian, axillary ... Diagnosis = clinical ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary ... Relapsing-remitting course +++ Clinical ... filling +++ (risk of pulmonary ... syndrome #diagnosis #management ... timeline #treatment #rheumatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
symptoms • Rheumatologic ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... by culture or serology ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
ab • RF • Antinuclear ... salivary ducts Clinical ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology ... #Diagnosis #Management
DEMYELINATING DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

What Are Demyelinating Diseases?
• Conditions that damage myelin, the protective
causing varied neurologic ... Multiple Sclerosis ... Multiple Sclerosis ... • Clinical Types ... - Symptom management