Rare Diseases
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Alport Syndrome Research Funding Is Awarded
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NORD Outlines Recommendations for Health Care Reform in Letter to Congressional Leadership
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Rare Disease Film Festival Is Planned
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Immunologic testing is key to diagnosing autoimmune blistering diseases
SAN FRANCISCO – Starting with immunologic testing can spare patients with blistering diseases years of unnecessary overexposure to prednisone.
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Targeted therapy may be possible for pityriasis rubra pilaris
CHICAGO – The discovery of the CARD14 mutation as the cause of the familial variant “brings us closer to an understanding of juvenile PRP,” and to...
Case Reports
Presumed Serum Sickness Following Thymoglobulin Treatment of Acute Cellular Rejection of a Cardiac Allograft
Serum sickness is a hypersensitivity reaction to proteins in antiserum derived from nonhuman animal sources and can be seen in patients being...
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FDA grants breakthrough status to epidermolysis bullosa gene therapy
Patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa may now find some relief with a new gene program.
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Developing vaccines against enterovirus-A71 called a priority
MADRID - Multivalent vaccine would be best.
Case Reports
Amyopathic Dermatomyositis With Plantar Keratoderma Responding to Methotrexate Therapy
Amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM) represents a substantial subset of dermatomyositis (DM). Patients with this symptom of the disorder may present...
Conference Coverage
New genetic causes of ichthyoses likely to emerge
Researchers are only beginning to scratch the surface on their understanding of the genetic causes of ichthyosis and ichthyosis syndromes.