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Objective To analyze the clinical characteristics of male patients with systemic lupus ery thematosus in a cohort of Chinese patients.Methods 325 lupus nephritis patients (38 male and 287 female patients) admitted to our hospital from January 1997 to December 2006 were summarized in this cohort.The difference in manifestations and laboratory features were analyzed between male and female lupus nephritis patients.Results ① Male lupus nephritis patients had more frequent episodes of serositis (P＜0.05),while fe male lupus nephritis patients more frequently had arthralgia,malar rash,oral ulcers and neuropsychiatric lu pus.② The kidney was involved with early stage of the disease in male patients.The rate of misdiagnosis was higher in male lupus nephritis patients than that of the female patients.③ The prevalence of ANA positivity and thrombocytopenia was higher in male patients than that of the female patients.The prevanee of positive anti-ENA antibody,anti-Sin antibody,anemia and hypergammaglobulinemia was lower in male patients than those of female patients.No difference was found in the presence of positive anti-RNP antibody,hypocom plementemia,elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and leucoeytopenia between the two groups.Conclusion The clinical pictures of male systemic lupus erythematosus patients are atypical except for kidney involvement.The kidney involvement of male lupus patients is characterized by the early onset,rapid progression and high rate of misdiagnosis.Physicians should familiar with these differences.Early diagnosis and appropriate treat ment are essential for controlling disease progress.
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We examined the effects of marine fish oil, which is rich in eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA),in 22 patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). At 8 weeks treatment,marine fish oil led to decreases in both plasma triglyceride ( -24. 7%) and cholesterol (-14. 8%),and increases in high density lipoprotein and the ratio of apolipoprotein Al/apolipoprotein B. Meanwhile, the endogeneous creatinine clearance was raised by 39. 6%,and the increasing rate of serum creatinine level was slowed down. We conclude that supplementation of co-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids can effectively improve the abnormalities of lipids metabolism in CRF. It is beneficial to retardation of progression of CRF,and to reduction of the risk of cardiovascular complications. We hold that marine fish oil can be used as a supplementary drug in the treatment of CRF.
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Objective To investigate the effects of iodine on the pathogenesis of Graves′ disease (GD). Methods The thyroid epithelium cells (TEC) from GD patients and para adenoma normal tissue from thyroid adenoma patients wereculturedrespectivelywithdifferentNaⅠconcentrations from 0 to 1 mg/L. The HLA DR expression of TEC was detected with Western blot. Meanwhile, the morphological change of TEC was observed after treatment of NaⅠ by scanning electronmicroscope (SEM). Results (1) When the concentration of NaⅠ in culture medium was over 100 ?g/L, the amount of HLA DR expression of TEC increased in GD group (P