Browsing Health Sciences Campus by Author "Treadwell, Edward L."
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Cardiac tamponade and pericardial disorders in connective tissue diseases: case report and literature review.
Langley, Ricky L.; Treadwell, Edward L. (East Carolina University, 1994-02)Pericardial disorders occurring in connective tissue diseases are not uncommon and may present as acute or chronic pericarditis with or without an effusion. In many instances, a diagnosis of pericardial involvement is not ... -
Genome scan of human systemic lupus erythematosus: Evidence for linkage on chromosome 1q in African-American pedigrees
Moser, Kathy L.; Neas, Barbara R.; Salmon, Jane E.; Yu, Hua; Gray-McGuire, Courtney; Asundi, Neeraj; Bruner, Gail R.; Fox, Jerome; Kelly, Jennifer; Henshall, Stephanie; Bacino, Debra; Dietz, Myron; Hogue, Robert; Koelsch, Gerald; Nightingale, Lydia; Shaver, Tim; Abdou, Nabih I.; Albert, Daniel A.; Carson, Craig; Petri, Michelle; Treadwell, Edward L.; James, Judith A.; Harley, John B. (East Carolina University, 1998-12)Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by production of autoantibodies against intracellular antigens including DNA, ribosomal P, Ro (SS-A), La (SS-B), and the spliceosome. Etiology is ... -
Prolactin and Dehydroepiandrosterone Levels in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Role of the Extrapituitary Prolactin Promoter Polymorphism at −1149G/T
Treadwell, Edward L.; Wiley, Kenneth; Word, Beverly; Melchior, William; Tolleson, William H.; Gopee, Neera; Hammons, George; Lyn-Cook, Beverly D. (2015)stemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has shown an association with high levels of prolactin, low levels of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and induction of inflammatory cytokines in the serum of patients with the disease. This ... -
Thoracolumbar compression fractures presenting with an acute ileus.
Treadwell, Edward L.; Cunningham, Paul R. G.; Kowalski, Henry M.; Weaver, Michael D. (East Carolina University, 1990-09)Corticosteroids are commonly used in the treatment of connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus. Although they are usually efficacious, osteoporosis leading to spine compression fractures is not ...