Publications by authors named "Lila Morena Bueno Silva"
Objectives: To compare clinical, demographic, laboratory data, prognostic and treatment characteristics of patients with antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) treated in two different centers of India and Brazil.
Patients And Methods: This international, two-center, retro-prospective cohort study which was conducted at two tertiary rheumatology centers (one in Brazil and one in India) between January 2000 to January 2020 included a total of 115 patients with ASSD (21 males, 94 females; mean age; at disease diagnosis at 40.3; range, 18 to 80 years).
Introduction/objectives: This study aimed to analyze the presence, grade, and relevance of myofiber necrosis in the muscle tissues of patients with adult dermatomyositis. Second, these parameters were associated with the patients' demographic, clinical, and laboratory data.
Method: This was a retrospective study, from 2001 to 2021, which included 89 muscle biopsies of patients with definite dermatomyositis performed at the time of diagnostic investigation.
Article Synopsis
- Two young adults developed a rare disease called systemic sclerosis (SSc) after using cocaine for a few years.
- One patient, a 24-year-old woman, had serious complications like skin ulcers and kidney issues, while a 27-year-old man experienced severe problems that led to his death.
- The study found only eight other similar cases before, making this a rare link between cocaine use and SSc, and it's hard to tell how cocaine affects these patients because they often used other drugs too.