1 The swelling and
puffy appearance resolved completely 3 months after surg
2 Prolonged lower lid swelling and slight
puffy appearance were noted for 6 patients.
3 versely correlated with the scalar grade for
puffy clouds and for the size and number of black holes.
4 ("columnar organization," "linear furrows," "
puffy clouds," and "black holes") was graded on a four-s
5 e of mental retardation (MR), coarse facies,
puffy eyelids, narrow palpebral fissures, prominent supr
6 P < .001; and 68.3% in dcSSc; P < .001) and
puffy fingers (63.8% vs 82.4% in lcSSc; P < .001; and 87
7 Puffy fingers and finger joint contractures were detecte
8 n fibrosis, digital ulcers, telangiectasias,
puffy fingers).
9 In contrast, mAbs that bind with a
puffy pattern do not affect C3 deposition.
10 Puffy-
pattern MAbs are reactive only with serotypes A an
11 F(ab')(2) fragments of
puffy-
pattern MAbs were also synergistic with normal ser
12 ')(2) fragments of rim-pattern MAbs, but not
puffy-
pattern MAbs, stimulated phagocytosis of encapsula
13 pattern MAbs were markedly more opsonic than
puffy-
pattern MAbs.
14 e and nonprotective IgM mAbs produce rim and
puffy patterns, respectively.
15 The few surviving adults had
puffy skin (myxedema) and difficulty delivering pups at
16 In the second pattern, termed "
puffy,"
the capsule appears opaque and lacks a highly re
17 1) MAbs that produce patterns termed rim and
puffy were examined.