SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES

• National Library of Medicine (U.S.A.) allows one to access a number of useful services of the NLM.
  • Bibliographic Resources
    • MEDLINE/PubMed - journal citations, abstracts The PubMed database is probably the most useful for finding abstracts of published medical papers and studies.
      • Click here to view a file on how to search the PubMed database.
        • Not all listing have abstracts.
        • There may be links to full text documents.
    • NLM Catalog - books, AVs, serials
    • Bookshelf - full text biomedical books available at the NLM.
    • TOXLINE Subset - toxicology citations
    • DART - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology
    • Meeting Abstracts
  • Consumer Health Resources
    • The MedlinePlus access allows one to search a huge variety of medical information.
      • Health Topics
        • Start here with 740 topics on conditions, diseases and wellness
      • Drugs & Supplements
        • About your prescription and over-the-counter medicines, herbs and supplements
      • Medical Encyclopedia
        • Includes pictures and diagrams
      • Dictionary
        • Spellings and definitions of medical words
      • News
        • Current health news and press announcements
      • Directories
        • Find doctors, dentists and hospitals
      • Go Local
        • A service for finding local health science libraries.
      • Other Resources
        • DIRLINE - Local health services, libraries, organizations, international sites and more
        • ClinicalTrials.gov - Search for clinical trials by disease or by pharmaceutical.
        • Genetics Home Reference - Household Products Database
    • Other Resources
      • HSRProj - Health Services Research Projects
      • OMIM - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
      • HSDB - Hazardous Substances Data Bank
      • IRIS - Integrated Risk Information System
      • ITER - International Toxicity Estimates for Risk
      • GENE-TOX - Genetic Toxicology (Mutagenicity)
      • CCRIS - Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System
      • Profiles in Science
  • PubMedCentral is a free archive of life sciences journals.
    • Six months after publication, many periodical will have posted the full texts on PubMedCentral.
      • Some publishes put prepublication copies on PubMedCentral
• NCBI
  • National Center for Biotechnical Information has access to 32 databases that can be searched.
• Public Libraries
  • Reference librarians can help find published and on-line scientific papers.
    • Some libraries in the U.S. subscribe to InfoTrak that makes available at no cost, papers that otherwise would have to be purchased from the publisher or on-line supplier.
• Medical Libraries
  • Most hospitals have medical libraries, and most are open to the public.
  • What's not on hand can be faxed in for a fee.
• Books
  • Click here to view an html file with a list of recommended books.
• Glossary
  • Click here for a limited glossary of terms used in discussing vasculitis

THIS SITE

• Intent
  • To assist vasculitis patients in getting early diagnoses, effective treatments, and to advise of patient, organization, and scientific resources concerning vasculitis.
• Sources Used
  • The following information is derived from a variety of sources over some ten+ years and is not to be considered as medical advice, but merely the opinions or experiences or findings of the writer who is not a physician and has no medical training.
  • Much comes from Medline abstracts and medical journal articles on vasculitis.  Some is from autoimmune vasculitis patients and carers, some from newsgroups,  internet web pages, etc. that also deal with vasculitis.
  • The compiler has attempted to use only recent valid medical information regarding vasculitis, but cannot guarantee the validity nor the currency in every case
• Limitations
  • No medical decisions should be made on the basis of information on this web page or on associated linked documents and web pages unless those are from a recognized medical professional or professional medical publication.
  • Limits to this web page concerning vasculitis:
    • The author/compiler/editor of this web page and related pages has had NO medical training.
    • Only autoimmune vasculitides will be considered, not hypersensitivity vasculitis nor vasculitis as a result of an allergic reaction to medication or vaccine..
    • Most sections apply to most autoimmune vasculitides.
      • One refers specifically to Wegener’s granulomatosis.
• Terminology
  • Some abbreviations and equivalencies are:
    • Hereafter, “autoimmune vasculitis” may be abbreviated “AV” or “AVs” for plural.
    • The term “Prednisone” is sometimes used where it or a similar glucocorticoid might be prescribed to treat vasculitis.
    • “Immunosuppressives” used to  treat vasculitis are sometimes abbreviated “ISs”.
• Updates
  • This update was on June 1, 2009 and is a complete rewrite of the former web page at http://www.wegenersgranulomatosis.net that also dealt with vasculitis.
• Files & links – Vasculitis related.
  • Click here to view a web page listing all the links and files from this page.
• Tables & Figures – Vasculitis related
  • Click here to view a listing of the tables and figures in this web page.
• Disclaimer
  • ALL MEDICAL QUESTIONS, SYMPTOMS, CONCERNS AND PROBLEMS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO APROPRIATE LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
  • The writer/editor/compiler does not vouch for the accuracy, completeness, nor applicability of the information included on this site to any person, whether a vasculitis patient or otherwise. 

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