Publications by authors named "Z Lehman"

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  • - The study investigated sleep disturbance in 84 sarcoidosis patients compared to 30 healthy controls, hypothesizing that patients would report worse sleep quality and that this would correlate with other symptoms.
  • - Results showed that 54% of sarcoidosis patients reported sleep issues versus 17% of controls, with disturbances linked to increased fatigue, depression, and cognitive dysfunction, significantly impacting quality of life.
  • - Sleep disturbances in sarcoidosis patients were consistent over time and were independent of traditional measures of disease severity, indicating a critical need for addressing mental health and quality of life in these patients.
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Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease characterized by non-necrotizing granulomas in involved organs, most commonly the lung. Description of patient characteristics in the Western United States is limited. Furthermore, blood-based measures that relate to clinical sarcoidosis phenotypes are lacking.

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Detailed analysis of 21 patients suffering from arterial hypertension complicated by aortic dissection, who were treated non-surgically was performed. Signs and symptoms of aortic dissection appeared the most frequently in the age between 50 and 69. In 14 (66.

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Unlabelled: The purpose of the study was to analyse results of ambulatory treatment of patients with arterial hypertension complicated by aortic dissection. Twenty patients (19 men, one woman), aged between 39 and 72 years, underwent full physical examination. In all cases the diagnosis of aortic dissection was confirmed by at least two different imaging methods (ultrasonography, digital subtractional angiography, computer tomography or nuclear magnetic resonance).

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