Since 1990, Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has remained focused on developing specialty pharmaceutical products aimed at treating patients with inflammatory and autoimmune disorders that are severe and challenging to treat. The company’s main pharmaceutical product is Acthar which is approved for the management of infantile spasms: an uncommon and dangerous form of epilepsy that usually starts during the first year after birth. In 2001, when the firm acquired the drug from Sanofi-Aventis, it sold
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what on the Internet, the only assessment a website is obtainable to go through is the one that you do, determining whether or not to use it for your convenience. Let’s say I was writing an essay for my English class on a medical deficiency called Lupus. I would utilize Google to find sources of information for my term paper. The surfing would result with many returns and hits. How many hits do you commonly look through? Maybe 40 to 80? Obviously not, most of us scroll through the first few
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The Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is a rare autoimmune with an estimated annual incidence of one case per million per year. It is characterized by painful ophthalmoplegia (weakness of the eye muscles) and is caused by an idiopathic granulomatous inflammation of the cavernous sinus. While considered a benign condition, permanent neurologic deficits can occur, and relapses are common, often requiring prolonged immunosuppressive therapy. Tolosa-Hunt syndrome must be carefully differentiated from more malignant
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ITT:Breckinridge | Sjögren’s Syndrome | No tears for the unknown. | Nathan Kalim 1/11/2016 | Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS) initially described and named by Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren in 1933. Henrik discovered a connection among those that suffer from Sicca Syndrome; Arthritis, Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca or commonly called Dry Eye, Xerostomia or Dry Mouth. If gone untreated for extended time may experience debilitation symptoms, estimated 0.01%-0.1% of the population has
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under our extra long sink, but I also put the bowls in there too!" "Arf!" "What?!" An annoying white dog, carrying a bone twice the size of it, scrambeled out from under the sink and right under Papyrus legs. "Darn it! Catch that meddling canis lupus!" Naruto took a step forward and the white, furry beast was already clear out of his house. "Curses!" *PAHHHHHH-PA-RAAAAAAAH Hangout LV: 8999.5 "SANS! PUT THAT TRUMPET AWAY!" Papyrus turned around, he grabbed two bone-esque bowls and set them
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Family Genogram A genogram dating back three generations was completed on my patient while conducting the fifteen minute family interview. The findings show that the mother of the newborn is twenty five years old and has no chronic conditions. Her partner is also twenty five years of age, and was diagnosed with Asthma a couple of years ago. The mother of the newborn and her partner are not married but have had three children together including the newborn baby. The newborn baby has two brothers that
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SJOGREN’S SYNDROME Melinda Aikins November 18, 2010 PREFACE Sjogren’s syndrome, pronounced “shogrens”, is not a well known disease, but there are many people in the world who have it. 80% of them are women. I am among that 80%. I chose this subject to learn more about this disease I was diagnosed with over eight months ago. I’ve been researching it ever since and now I have a chance to put everything I’ve learned into something that is helpful not only to me, but also others. It’s hard
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English 105 28 February 2013 Though some may believe that good writers are naturally born, a writer is excavated; much like a paleontologist excavates an ancient fossil; through the careful process of rewriting and perseverance a writer is revealed through the rubble. I began this course I suppose like many of my classmates…little to no college experience and no classroom interaction within the last decade. Again, like many in class this semester I come from a military background; I served
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Wolves Wolves are very interesting animals. Wolves are from the kingdom animalia, phylum chordata, class mammalia, order carnivore, family cavesnidae, genus canis, and species lupus. They come in many subspecies and inhabit a wide variety of habitats in North America and Eurasia including the arctic, tundra, temperate zones, desserts, forests, taiga, and sometimes even urban areas. (www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves). Wolves have survived through the ice age. An ancient form
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The Importance of the Nephron in Kidneys All living organisms require a source of energy, usually in the form of food, to satisfy the cellular demands of the body and ultimately to sustain life. Thus, the nutrients that are consumed by organisms are broken down by various processes within organs, tissues, and cells, in order for important molecules, like minerals, vitamins, proteins, and carbohydrates, to be taken up and distributed around the body. The molecules not needed by the body or ends
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