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Pediatric antiphospholipid syndrome: clinical and immunologic features of 121 patients in an international registry.

The international registry of pediatric patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (Ped-APS Registry) represents the largest collection of pediatric patients with APS reported to date. The article provides original information on clinical presentation, laboratory features, and outcomes in 121 patients with pediatric APS. In addition, we identified and emphasized some important differences in clinical presentation when compared with APS in adult patients.

COBISS.SI-ID: 25008345

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Autoimmune response following annual influenza vaccination in 92 apparently healthy adults.

This prospective cohort study evaluated autoimmune responses following annual influenza vaccination in 92 apparently healthy adults. Our study demonstrated that influenza vaccination in general did not alter the percentage of healthy adults with positive autoantibodies. However, transiently or persistently increased levels of different autoantibodies was demonstrated in up to 15% of apparently healthy adults after the influenza vaccination.

COBISS.SI-ID: 25204953

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Pediatric antiphospholipid syndrome: analysis of children included in an international registry.

The international registry of pediatric patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (Ped-APS Registry) represents the largest collection of pediatric patients with APS reported to date. The article provides follow-up clinical, laboratory and therapeutic data of 133 children with antiphospholipid antibodies-related thrombosis from 14 countries. The article presents also the priority projects for future research of the Ped-APS Registry.

COBISS.SI-ID: 25794265

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Periodic fever syndromes in Eastern and Central European countries: results of a pediatric multinational survey.

We performed the first analysis of the prevalence of diagnosed and suspected autoinflammatory diseases from 35 pediatric centers in 14 Eastern and Central European countries. All together we identified 11 patients with genetically confirmed familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), 14 with mevalonate-kinase deficiency (MKD), 11 with tumor necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) and 4 with chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and articular syndrome (CINCA). Significantly higher numbers were reported for suspected cases which were not genetically tested.

COBISS.SI-ID: 28184793

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Influenza and autoimmunity

In this article we performed a comprehensive review on autoimmune diseases following influenza infection and vaccination. We also analysed immunity of influenza infection in connection to pathogenesis of autoimmune response and autoimmune diseases.

COBISS.SI-ID: 26794457