In LGMD, standard pathological analysis can indeed wrongly give a diagnosis of polymyositis. Immunofixation must be performed to avoid this mistake.”
“Thyroid dysfunction in patients with Down’s syndrome is well known.

Although the majority of children with Down’s syndrome appear to have normal thyroid function, however, hypothyroidism is commonly seen. The presence of hyperthyroidism is rare. The etiology is believed to be autoimmune. We report a patient with Down syndrome and Graves’ disease who responded well to antithyroid drugs. The rarity of this association, especially in a child younger than eight years of age, has prompted us E7080 to report this case.”
“The synthesis of polyaniline (PANI) containing different carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by in situ polymerization is reported in this study. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Fourier transform infrared and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy were used to determine the change in structure of the polymer/CNT composites. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that the composites had better thermal stability than the pure PANI. Photoluminescence NCT-501 cell line spectra showed a blueshift in

the PANI-single-walled nanotube (SWNT) composite. Low-temperature (77-300 K) electrical transport properties were measured in the absence and presence of a magnetic field up to 1 T. Direct-current conductivity

exhibited a nonohmic, three-dimensional variable range hopping mechanism. The room-temperature magnetoconductivity of all of the investigated samples except the PANI-SWNT composite were negative; however, it was positive for the PANI-SWNT composite, and its magnitude decreased with increasing temperature. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 119: 1016-1025, 2011″
“Central nervous involvement (CNS) is uncommon manifestation of Wegener’s granulomatosis selleck compound (WG). We are describing a patient with refractory WG with CNS involvement which responded to rituximab. This lady presented with nodular scleritis. Three months later, she developed headache, vision loss with complete opthalmoplegia, and relative afferent papillary defect. The brain MRI showed thickened dura along ant temporal region and enlargement of right cavernous sinus. C ANCA and PR 3 ELISA were positive. Non-contrast CT scan of orbit and paranasal sinuses showed soft tissue swelling of the right orbit along with mucosal thickening of right maxillary sinus. There were bilateral upper lobe nodules on HRCT of the chest. She responded to 3 days of methylprednisolone pulses and 1 g pulse cyclophosphamide but had multiple relapses while receiving high dose oral steroids and pulse cyclophosphamide. Then she was given four infusions of rituximab (375 mg/m(2)) at one-weekly interval. She had complete remission following rituximab.