the neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus are frequent. one of the most serious presentations is convulsion. this study was carried out to evaluate the relation between convulsion and anti-dna antibody levels. an analytic, retrospective case-controlled study was carried out, with reference to 1001 recorded cases of systemic sle lupus erythematosus in lupus unit, rheuma...

background: premature ovarian failure (pof) is a disorder of multi causal etiology. autoimmunity has been proposed as a mechanism for some cases of ovarian follicle dysfunction which is evident in pof. the aim of this study was to identify the level of auto-antibodies in pof and familial pof patients. materials and methods: in this study, auto-antibodies including anti-ovarian antibody (aoa), a...

Background and Aims: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has worldwide distribution, and its prevalence rate depends on factors such as economic and geographical conditions. An important way of the virus transmission is via blood. Due to high prevalence of anti-CMV antibodies in blood donors and lack of data concerning its seroprevalence in the region, this study was carried out to determine the prevalence r...

sera from ninety one patients clinically suspected to extra intestinal amoebiasis (ex-am) were collected and examined for presence of anti entamoeba histolytica (e.h) antibody. the tests were indirect immunofluorescence antibody, (ifa or iif), gel diffusion (gd) and counter immuno electrophoresis (ciep). thirty one patients (34%) had anti e.h. antibody titres of >1:80. among them eight patients...

Recently, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, the DNA of cytomegalovirus was detected from depigmented white patches in patients with vitiligo. The reactivation of infection and occasional anti-CMV IgM circulating among patients infected by cytomegalovirus has been reported for years. We have studied 26 patients with clinical signs and symptoms of vitiligo, some of whom had a ...

Dermatomyositis (DM) associated with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (anti-MDA5) antibody is a rare autoimmune disease. Anti-MDA5, also known as anti-CADM-140 antibodies. DM affects the skeletal muscle, skin, joints, and lungs form of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). All dermatomyositis MDA5+ positive patients had rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RP-ILD). cl...

there are many studies related to the production of a elisa kit for diagnosing virus infections. however, production of most kits depends on purification of whole virus particles, which involves the use of costly equipment and reagents. the purpose of this study was to check out if the anti-cp42 antibodies could be used as a diagnostic assay for detection of grapevine fanleaf virus (gflv). in t...

OBJECTIVES The VE1 monoclonal antibody was developed to recognize the V600E mutation in BRAF, which is found in various tumors. METHODS We report that the VE1 antibody stains normal anterior pituitary gland and adrenal cortex, which lack detectable BRAF V600E mutations. RESULTS Staining with the VE1 antibody was seen in the adenohypophysis and correlated well with adrenocorticotropic hormon...

Abstract Maternal and cord blood sera were collected from 20 parturients who received the BNT162b2 vaccine. All women infants positive for anti S- anti-receptor binding domain antibody–specific immunoglobulin G. Cord antibody concentrations correlated to maternal levels time since vaccination. Antenatal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccination may provide neonatal protection.