Delusional procreation syndrome: A psychopathology in procreation of human beings.

The content of delusions in delusional syndrome has fascinated psychiatrists from antiquity. Delusions are classified on different principles such as, degree of inexplicability, subverted mental function, degree of independent nosological status, and on thematic content (traditional and logical). Delusions in sequence of procreation in three cases of schizophrenia along related delusions in published literatures are described under the broad rubric of term "delusional procreational syndrome" (DPS) (in the model of delusional misidentification syndrome), based on "logical thematic content" in the sequential phases of procreation.

Outcome in patients with enthesitis related arthritis (ERA): juvenile arthritis damage index (JADI) and functional status.

Background: Data on outcome of ERA is scarce and there is lack of well-accepted tools. JADI is a newly described outcome measure in JIA that has not been evaluated in ERA. We studied outcome in ERA using JADI and correlated it with traditional outcome measures.

Physical disability, articular, and extra-articular damage in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Data on outcome of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) from the Indian subcontinent is limited. Juvenile Arthritis Damage Index (JADI) is a newly proposed index which measures articular (JADI-A) and extra-articular damage (JADI-E). We studied the outcome of JIA using JADI in Indian patients.

Elevated serum receptor activator of NFkappaB ligand (RANKL), osteoprotegerin (OPG), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)3, and ProMMP1 in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

We studied the serum levels of receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (RANKL), osteoprotegerin (OPG), pro-matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 1, MMP3, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP) 1 in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and correlated these with different disease variables. Sera of 70 patients with JIA (ILAR 2001 criteria) and 33 age- and sex-matched controls were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Nonparametric tests were used for analysis of data.