Mala Shaykher Kaul

Chapter · January 1, 2015 The systemic vasculitides are rare conditions characterized by inflammation and necrosis of blood vessels. Those with predominately small vessel involvement, such as the ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV), are the only ones to target the lungs with any reg ... Full text Cite

Inflammatory Diseases of the Coronary Arteries

Chapter · January 1, 2015 Rarely, inflammatory disorders affect the coronary arteries, as well as the aorta and other large arteries. Giant cell arteritis (GCA), Takayasu’s arteritis (TA), polyarteritis nodosa (PAN), and Kawasaki’s disease (KD) are the major forms of systemic vascu ... Full text Cite

Association of systemic lupus erythematosus with angiographically defined coronary artery disease: a retrospective cohort study.

Journal Article Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) · February 2013 OBJECTIVE: To determine if systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with a higher prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in select patients undergoing coronary angiography. We compared the extent of angiographic abnormalities, CAD risk factors ... Full text Link to item Cite

The management of rheumatic diseases in pregnancy.

Journal Article Scand J Rheumatol · March 2010 Pregnancy can create a challenge for physicians caring for women with rheumatic diseases. For many women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), pregnancy can provide a reprieve from long-term joint pain and inflammation, but others will not experience remission a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Tumor-induced osteomalacia.

Journal Article Clin Rheumatol · September 2007 Tumor-induced osteomalacia, also known as oncogenic osteomalacia, is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome in which vitamin D resistant osteomalacia occurs due to the presence of a tumor. The following case report describes a young woman who seeks a second opinio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessment of the 2006 revised antiphospholipid syndrome classification criteria.

Journal Article Ann Rheum Dis · July 2007 OBJECTIVE: To analyse antiphospholipid (aPL) antibody-positive patients using the 2006 revised antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) classification criteria. METHODS: A descriptive study of 200 aPL-positive patients identified in a local, hospital-based registry ... Full text Link to item Cite