Compared to diabetic patients with controlled glycemia, those with uncontrolled glycemia had significantly greater prevalence of enhanced plaque and greater maximum plaque length (all P less then 0.05). There were no significant differences in plaque features among patients with different duration of T2DM. Uncontrolled glycemia was an independent…[Read more]

Currently, forensic psychiatry shows a shift from a control-based to a contact-based approach. Working from contact may, however, entail new moral questions and dilemmas. How to secure safety when focusing on contact? Does contact imply being physically close to the patient, or should one refrain from intimate relations? In order to help care…[Read more]

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and bullous pemphigoid (BP) are autoantibody-mediated diseases clinically characterized by blistersanderosions of skin and/or mucous membranes. Immune imbalance and antibody generation are the key pathologies of autoimmune bullous diseases. Recently, a large number of studies have shown that T cell subsets, which are…[Read more]