SULLI A.

Objectif: Selon des études récentes, environ 50 % des patients atteints de fibromyalgie (FM) présentent une neuropathie des petites et/ou des grosses fibres qui pourrait expliquer en partie les symptômes déroutants de la fibromyalgie. Notre objectif était d'estimer la prévalence des douleurs neuropathiques et des symptômes de neuropathie des...

Capillaroscopy is the most reliable way to distinguish between primary and secondary Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) through identification of an early pattern of systemic sclerosis (SSc). The presence of giant capillaries and microhaemorrhages on nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) is sufficient to identify the scleroderma pattern (early), and an...

Objectives: The aim of this six-month open feasibility study was to evaluate skin blood perfusion and clinical symptom changes during aminaphtone treatment in patients with either primary or secondary Raynaud's phenomenon to systemic sclerosis. Methods: Ninety-two patients referring for Raynaud's phenomenon have been enrolled in November during...

Vitamin D [1,25(OH)2D—calcitriol] is basically a steroid hormone with pleiotropic biologic effects, and its impact on the regulation of immune system may influence several clinical conditions. Calcidiol (25OHD), as precursor of calcitriol, derives, for the most part (80%), from cutaneous cholesterol (7-dehydrocholesterol) under the action of...