Browsing by Author "Webb, K"

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    PReS-FINAL-2253: A case series of HIV arthropathy in Cape Town
    (BioMed Central Ltd, 2013) Webb, K; Scott, C; Brice, N
    HIV arthropathy is well described in adults. Few studies have looked in depth at HIV arthropathy in children, and the characteristics of this entity have not been fully described.
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    PReS-FINAL-2268: Sarcoidosis in children seen at the pediatric rheumatology clinics of two referral hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa
    (BioMed Central Ltd, 2013) Okong'o, LO; Scott, C; Webb, K
    Sarcoidosis is a relatively uncommon condition in children. Reports from multiracial societies such as the USA indicate that sarcoidosis is more common in Africans than other racial groups. However, few reports of cases of childhood Sarcoidosis have been published from sub-Saharan Africa to shed light on the burden of sarcoidosis and the demographics and clinical presentation of children diagnosed with sarcoidosis.
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    PW03-022 - Neutrophilic skin disease and inflammation
    (BioMed Central Ltd, 2013) Webb, K; Hlela, C; Scott, C
    Robert Sweet first described a syndrome with a painful, erythematous nodular plaques, neutrophilic dermal infiltrates, fevers and peripheral neutrophilia. This cluster of syndromes became known as Sweet's syndrome. There have been many published cases in children of neutrophilic dermatoses and fever which are labeled as Sweet's syndrome. Recently, however, neutrophilic dermatoses have been associated with some autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases .