COMPLETE AND SUSTAINED RESOLUTION OF CALCINOSIS UNIVERSALIS IN A JUVENILE DERMATOMYOSITIS CASE WITH MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL

Complete and sustained resolution of calcinosis universalis in a juvenile dermatomyositis case with mycophenolate mofetil

Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare, multisystemic, idiopathic vasculopathy mainly affecting the muscles and the skin.Gastrointestinal system, lungs, joints and heart may also be involved.Characteristic skin findings are heliotrope rash and Gottron papules but extensive skin involvement as large necrotic lesions are rarely reported.Calcinosis

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Common Reed as a Renewable Energy Resource for Pellet Production

Renewable reed biomass has traditionally been used for various purposes.Currently, an energy-dependent society is returning to the use of natural energy sources.The paper is devoted to 7.40 the study of reed reserves in the Lower Volga region, production technology, and quality assessment of pellets from it.Reed mowing with further production of fu

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The Permotriassic branchiosaurid Tungussogyrinus Efremov, 1939 (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea) from Siberia restudied

The enigmatic temnospondyl amphibian Tungussogyrinus bergi Efremov, 1939 shares clear synapomorphies with other branchiosaurids indicated by an anteriorly elongated infratemporal fossa and small branchial denticles.Therefore Tungussogyrinus clearly belongs to the dissorophoid family Branchiosauridae.This species is characterized by a number of deri

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