ARTICLES PRESENTED BY JAIME F. BRAVO, MD,

IN MEDICAL JOURNALS AND MEETINGS

 

 

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, with special emphasis in the joint hypermobility syndrome       Abstract in English

 

Síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos con especial énfasis en el síndrome de hiperlaxitud articular.

Jaime F. Bravo                                                                              *** January  2009 ***

***   Revista Médica de Chile  2009, vol.137, n.11, pp. 1488-1497.  ***

 

 

 

 

Signs and Symptoms of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS) to consider when diagnosing this condition.

 

  

Jaime F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff                              Abstract                             *** October 2009 ***

**¨Poster presented at the 2009 ACR Anual Scientific Meeting,  Philadelphia, PA, October  16 to 21, 2009 **

Low Bone Mineral Density (BMD) and Dysautonomia in Adolescents and Young Patients with Ehlers-Danlos Type III. Clinical Study with 90 Patients          Abstract/Resumen

Jaime F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff                                                 *** November 2008 ***

**¨Poster presented at the 2008 Anual Scientific Meeting ACR  San Francisco, CA, November  23 to 28, 2008,

     Published in Arthritis Rheum 2008;Vol.56 (9) Suppl:S746 **                               

    

Clinical Study of Dysautonomia in 1226 patients with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome

Summary

Jaime F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff                                                 *** August 2008 ***

** Presented as a Poster at the  XV Pan-American League of Associations for Rheumatology (Panlar) in Guatemala City, 

    August 12 - 16th 2008  

    Abstract published in JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology Vol 14, Number 4, August Supplement 2008, S33   **

Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome ( VEDS ), formerly known as EDS type IV.

Jaime F. Bravo                                             *** January 2008 ***

***  English Abstract Publisher in Revista Chilena de Reumatología 2008; 24(1):6-11  ***    

Clinical Study of 1124 Cases of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Classic EDS, JHS and Vascular EDS)

Jaime F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff                                                                 *** November 2007 ***

** Presented at the ACR Annual meeting held in Boston, MA, from November 6 to the 11, 2007

    Published in Arthritis Rheum: Vol.56, No 9 (Suppl), November 2007; pp 1633  ** 

Abstract   

 

Clinical Study of 972 Rheumatological Patients with Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS), using the Brighton Criteria

Jaime F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff , Sergio Correa                                            *** Junio 2007 ***

** Poster presented at the Annual EULAR meeting held in Barcelona, Spain, from June 13 to 16, 2007,

     Publisher in Ann Rheum Dis 2007;66(Suppl II):244  ** 

Abstract     Summary    Tables

 

 

        Clinical study of hereditary disorders of connective tissues in a 

        Chilean population. Joint hypermobility syndrome and vascular

        Ehlers-Danlos syndrome  

          This article has an international recognition in this subject

               Jaime F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff                       ***  February 2006  ***   

           ** Clinical Study published in Arthritis Rheum Vol.54, No 2, February 2006, 

              pp  515-523 ** 

 

Low bone mineral density in adolescents and young patients with joint hypermobility syndrome:  preliminary clinical  study of 79 patients

Abstract         Poster   (in Spanish)      Tables   (in Spanish)

 Jaime F. Bravo, Carlos Wolff, Paula Rojas                                                          ***    August 2006  ***

 ** Presented at the  XIV Pan-American League of Associations for Rheumatology (Panlar) in Lima, Peru.  

      August 19th – 23rd, 2006  Abstract published in JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology Vol 12,

      Number 4, August Supplement  2006, S30 **

Congenital Malformations and Folic Acid Administration in Fertile Aged Women

*** Article Published in Spanish with English abstract in BOLETIN DEL HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS

       2003;50:300-02 ***

 Utility of Bone Scintigraphy in the study of Hereditary Disorders of the Connective Tissues (HDCT)   

***   Article Published in both English and Spanish in ALASBIMN JOURNAL  01/10/2003  ***

Síndrome de Hipermovilidad Articular (SHA): Cómo diferenciarlo de las Otras Alteraciones Hereditarias de la Fibra Colágena   

*** Article Published in Spanish in REUMATOLOGIA 2004;20(1):24-30 ***

Dysautonomia:  A not well known medical Problem

*** Article Published in Spanish with English abstract in BOLETIN DEL HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS 2004;51:64-9 ***

            Poster  presented at the ACR/ARHP 68th Annual Scientific Meeting, 16 - 21 October

          2004, San Antonio, Texas: "Hereditary Disorders of the Connective Tissues(HDCT).

          A clinical study of 249 cases  ** Abstract published in Arthritis &Rheumatism Vol. 50,

            No. 9(Supplement), September 2004, pp S309 **

             Poster presented at the XIII Congreso Internacional de Reumatologia, Termas de

          Chillan, Chile, 17 - 20 Octubre 2004: "Importancia del Estudio de los Chilenos Altos:

           Estudio Comparativo de 33 Marfanoides (MF) y 230 casos de Sindrome de

           Hiperlaxitud Articular (SHA)"    

                  ***Abstract published in REUMATOLOGIA 2004;20(4):218***

                  *** Both Poster and Abstract are presented in Spanish ***

Differential Diagnosis of the various Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes       

**   Published  online by the Ehlers-Danlos Support Group (EDS), England 

       http://www.ehlers-danlos.org ***

 

   Letters to the Editor - Submitted by Dr. Bravo

Spontaneous pneumothorax is seen in the joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS)

*** Letter to the Editor, published in Rheumatology Vol. 45 No. 8, Aug 2006; pp 1052 - 53 ***

                                                                                                                                       ***   August  2006  ***

Spontaneous Pneumothorax is seen in patients with Marfanoid habitus.

*** Letter to the Editor, submitted to The Internet Journal of Rheumatology  ***

                                                                                                                                       ***   July 2007  ***

Commentary in response to Forum Topic: Is fibromyalgia being overdiagnosed  

***Commentary  which appeared in the  www.jointandbone.org Forum  ***

Fibromyalgia is not a diagnosis: Comment on the editorial by Crofford and Clauw and the comment by Ehrlich

Dry eyes and mouth syndrome or sicca, asthenia and polyalgia syndrome? Most patients previously diagnosed as Fibromyalgia probably have Joint Hypermobility Syndrome.