9 results match your criteria: "Saint-Eloi Hospital and Montpellier University Hospital[Affiliation]"

Background: Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease with increased risk of infections. Here, we assessed whether pSS patients were at higher risk of hospitalization for community and opportunistic infections.

Methods: We selected newly hospitalized pSS patients between 2011 and 2018, through a nationwide population-based retrospective study using the French Health insurance database.

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Background: Kaposi sarcoma in people living with HIV (PLHIV) is the most common AIDS-associated malignancy. There is increased interest in Kaposi sarcoma in PLHIV with controlled HIV viremia.

Objectives: To describe Kaposi sarcoma occurring in PLHIV despite virological control and to compare their clinical presentations with viremic AIDS-Kaposi sarcoma (AIDS-KS) and classic Kaposi sarcoma (CKS).

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Low Prevalence of GSC Gene Mutations in a Large Cohort of Predominantly Caucasian Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa.

J Invest Dermatol

October 2020

Laboratory of Genetic Skin Diseases, INSERM UMR1163 Imagine Institute, Paris, France; Paris University, Paris, France; European Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation e.V., Dessau, Germany; Department of Genetics, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. Electronic address:

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Anti-transcriptional intermediary factor-1γ (TIF-1γ) autoantibody may be associated with cancer in adult patients with dermatomyositis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of cancer in the presence of anti-TIF-1γ autoantibody in adult dermatomyositis. A comprehensive database search of EMBASE, MEDLINE and the Cochrane Library up to May 2018 was performed using the main key words "dermatomyositis", ""myositis", "inflammatory myopathies" and "anti-TIF-1".

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Article Synopsis
  • DADA2 is a newly identified autoinflammatory disorder that requires genetic testing for diagnosis; a study analyzed 66 patients suspected of having DADA2.
  • Out of the patients tested, 19.6% had harmful mutations in the ADA2 gene, with seven mutations being newly discovered; symptoms included fever, vasculitis, and neurological issues.
  • The study developed a decision tree to guide genetic testing recommendations, suggesting key criteria like typical symptoms, inflammation markers, and attack patterns to improve diagnosis efficiency.
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Background: Identification of myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs) for dermatomyositis (DM) could allow the characterization of an antibody-associated clinical phenotype.

Objective: We sought to define the clinical phenotype of DM and the risk of cancer, interstitial lung disease (ILD) and calcinosis based on MSA.

Methods: A 3.

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Long-term treatment of cutaneous manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex with topical 1% sirolimus cream: A prospective study of 25 patients.

J Am Acad Dermatol

September 2017

Department of Dermatology, Saint-Eloi Hospital and Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1058, Montpellier, France; Regional Center of Competence for Rare Skin Disorders, Montpellier, France. Electronic address:

Background: Data on long-term topical sirolimus treatment of the cutaneous manifestations of tuberous sclerosis complex are rare.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term benefit and tolerance of topical 1% sirolimus in tuberous sclerosis complex.

Methods: In this 18-month prospective single-center study, 1% sirolimus cream was applied daily to facial angiofibromas (FAs), fibrous cephalic plaques (FCPs), shagreen patches, hypomelanotic macules, and ungual fibromas.

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