C Flower

Diagnosis of Behçet’s Disease in a Non-endemic Region The Utility of the Urate Skin Test

Issue:

Vol 57, issue 2 (2008)

Pages:

157–60

Synopsis:

The urate skin test may add a level of diagnostic specificity to Behçet’s Disease

ABSTRACT

Sporadic cases of Behçet’s disease in non-endemic regions pose a diagnostic challenge and may be confused with other more common chronic, relapsing multisystem disorders. The urate skin test, an exaggerated inflammatory reaction to intradermally injected monosodium urate crystals, may add a level of diagnostic specificity to a disease which otherwise lacks pathognomonic clinical features.

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Original Articles

Keywords:

Behçet’s Disease

Journal Authors:

C Flower

e-Published: 18 Jul, 2013

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Systemic Sclerosis in an Afro-Caribbean Population: A Review of Demographic and Clinical Features

Issue:

Vol 57, issue 2 (2008)

Pages:

118–21

Synopsis:

A review of 27 Afro-Caribbean patients with systemic sclerosis illustrates a female preponderance and a younger age of onset than that described for Caucasians, Hispanics and Afro-Americans. There was a tendency to develop diffuse disease and telangiectasia occurred more frequently than is thought typical in black patients.

ABSTRACT

Objective: To assess the clinical and selected demographic features of patients with systemic sclerosis (SS) seen over a 10-year period at the Rheumatology service of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados. To compare these data with what is known to obtain in other ethnic populations.

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Original Articles

Keywords:

Systemic Sclerosis

Telangiectasia

Afro-Caribbean Population

Journal Authors:

C Flower

C Nwankwo

e-Published: 18 Jul, 2013