3 results match your criteria: "Rambam Medical Center and RB Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion[Affiliation]"

Chromate Allergy in Northern Israel in Relation to Exposure to Cement and Detergents.

Dermatitis

February 2018

From the *Department of Dermatology and †Institute of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Internal Medicine D, Rambam Medical Center and RB Rappaport Faculty of Medicine-Technion, Haifa, Israel.

Background: The prevalence of chromate allergy has declined worldwide in the last decades.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess tendencies in chromate allergy in northern Israel and its possible causes.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of patch test data during 1999-2013 and a review of the medical records of patients with chromate allergy were conducted.

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Diabetes microvascular disease and the risk for bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw: a single center study.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab

November 2013

MD, PhD, Institute of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine C, Rambam Medical Center and RB Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion, 12 Halia Street, Samy Ofer Tower no. 8 Fl, Haifa, 31096, Israel.

Context: Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaws (BRONJ) is a severe bone disease for which the exact pathogenesis mechanisms are not fully understood.

Objective: The objective of the study is to investigate a possible contribution of diabetes and microvascular disease to the pathophysiology of BRONJ.

Design: We identified 46 patients treated with bisphosphonates who were diagnosed with BRONJ based on their medical history during 2009 to 2012 and invited them for a dental assessment to confirm the diagnosis.

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