Lizanne Fernandes

Department of Pharmacy, KLE College of Pharmacy, Karnataka, India

Publications

  • Mini Review   
    A Mini-Review on Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS): An Uncommon Disease
    Author(s): Deepjyoti Saikia55888, Akash Chathamvellim55889*, Lizanne Fernandes55890, Kadambari Patil55891 and Aswathi A55892

    Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is an aberrant inflammatory chronic disorder characterized by an inflammation to joint particularly vertebrae of spine potentially instigates them to inter-fuse. This disease is also well known as Bekhtrev disease, Bechterew’s disease or marie-strumpell disease. Symptoms such as pulmonary fibrosis, restrictive lung disease, aortitis often occur rarely and these are often misdiagnosed with some other disease condition. Although recent research and genomic studies suggests that there were many etiological factors that contributed to this disease onset and progression. Among these it’s association with HLA B-27 gene is widely researched one or established one. Several genomic studies had also revealed the association of innate immunity with ankylosing spondylitis while other studies define K. .. Read More»
    DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.14.4.241-244

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