We have studied the serology of 6 patients with palindromic rheumatism. None of the patients fulfilled the classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis at the entry; however, 4 out of the 6 patients were seropositive for IgM rheumatoid factor (IgM-RF) at entry. Sequential serological study was performed in 4 patients; IgM-RF changed from seronegative to seropositive in one patient, and the ...

undoubtedly interesting. If these transcripts represent residual disease, then the identification of the mechanism responsible for its suppression is very important. However, we again assert that, thus far, it has not been established that detection of MRD in CML by PCR can be used clinically. Until PCR testing has been standardized and proven reliable and until randomized studies have proven t...

In Ihis paper finite elemenl approximations of a one-dimensional nonlinear boundary-value problem in finite elasticity are considered. Under reasonable conditions on the form of the constitutive equations, it is shown that optimal rates of convergence can be obtained in W~.A criterion for the monolonicity of the stress operator is estahlished. In addition, L,,-estimates are also derived. A nume...

The flocculation tests currently used for the serodiagnosis of syphilis involve the use of an aqueous emulsion of cholesterol, beef heart lecithin, and cardiolipin which undergoes aggregation when treated with Wassermann antibody (1). The r81e of cholesterol in ihis reaction has been depicted as providing a particulate surface which enhances the visibility of the aggregates formed by the antige...

A periodic, hard-lheaded assessment of technology has become a routine and plrofitable exercise for most of the large industrial enterprises of the nation. Otur methiods for securing energy, for example, whethier from fossil fuels or atoms or straighlt from the stLin, are subjected to regular review by panels of experts, in and otut of government, in order to make forecasts for the future and a...

hyper - immunoglobulin e syndrome is a rare primary immunodeficiency disease characterized by recurrent abscess formation, respiratory tract infections and very high titers of serum ige associated with peculiar face and skeletal features. we report a seven-year old  girl  presenting with persistent productive cough and  history of chronic eczematoid facial lesions since infancy  and  two episod...

BACKGROUND The presence of anti-parvovirus B19 (B19V) IgM against viral capsid proteins (VP1 and VP2) has long been used to detect recent infection. The utility of antibodies directed against B19V NS1 protein has received less attention as a serological indicator of recent infection, although anti-B19V NS1 IgG has been associated with persistent infection. OBJECTIVES To elucidate the role of ...

We present a kinematic analysis program for spatial higher pairs whose parts rotate around or translate along fixed spalial axes. The part geometry is specified in a parametric boundary representation consisting of planar, cylindrical. and spherical patches bounded by line segments and circular arcs. The program consis[S of two pans: contact curve computation and configuration space computation...

"1 SWEAR by Apollo the Physician an(d Aesculapius and Hygieia an(d I'anacea and all the Gods an(l Goddesses that accor(ling to m) ability an(l ju(lgment w xviii keep this Oath aned Stipulation . . ." So runi the famous opening words of thle Hippocratic Oath, andl it is to the dlim misty days of ancient Grelek mythology that the Father of clinical Medicine himself directs us if we wvould find th...

36 systemic lupus erythematosus patients with native DNA binding activity (nDNA-BA) in the serum and subepidermal immunoglobulin deposits were studied to determine the relationship of the immunoglobulin (Ig) class distribution of serum nDNA-BA to the clinical characteristics of their disease and to the Ig class present at the dermal-epidermal junction (DEJ). The patients with predominantly (86-...