LETTERS Invasive or non-invasive methods for the diagnosis of subclinical coeliac disease? I read with great interest the letters published in Gut on the role of small bowel biopsies and antiendomysial antibodies (EMA) as methods for diagnosing coeliac disease in patients with iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) (Gut 2001;49:595). In particular, Pearce et al seem to prefer EMA instead of histological...

celiac disease (cd) has been reported in association with genetic disorders ‎such as down’s syndrome and turner’s syndrome (ts). this study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of cd among a group of patients with ts. forty eight girls with ts and a control group composed of 48 healthy girls were screened for cd by iga antiendomysial antibody (iga-ema). total iga of serum was measured in all...

the association of celiac disease and type i diabetes mellitus has been known for some time. this study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of celiac disease (cd) in diabetic children and adolescents. eighty-seven patients (44 females, 43 males) aged 2- 18 years, with type i diabetes participated in this study. a group of 87 healthy unrelated girls and boys matched for age and gender s...

Clinical data sharing for data transparency has potential to strengthen academic research, the practice of medicine and the integrity of clinical trial systems. This topic is becoming popular nowadays amongst leading pharmaceutical companies, and it raises concerns around the potential leak of personal health information of patients participating in clinical trials. The European Medicines Agenc...

BACKGROUND Post-stroke depression (PSD) is associated with poor clinical and functional outcomes, and women are likely to experience PSD more than men. Although stress is related to depression, and women report greater emotional reactivity to stressful life events, the link between stress and gender is yet to be examined relative to PSD. Further, electronic momentary assessment (EMA), a mobile ...

We read with interest the paper by Destina Yalcin et al. describing four patients with eyelid myoclonia associated with absences, myoclonic jerks and generalized tonic—clonic seizures (GTCS), and showing electroclinical features compatible with the diagnosis of either eyelid myoclonia with absences (EMA) and juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). The authors suggest that EMA and JME are dynamic syn...

The immunoperoxidase staining of 84 primary invasive breast carcinomas with four monoclonal antibodies (BRST-1, HMFG1, EMA, B72.3) was evaluated by semiquantitative light microscopical examination and quantitative image analysis. Major differences in the staining of the tumours for each of the monoclonal antibodies was observed. Correlation between monoclonal antibody staining and patient age, ...

Purpose of this study is to examine the extent which Iraqi industrial companies are aware concept environmental management accounting (EMA), role EMA in providing information that might influence decisions related protection and preservation natural resources contribute development sustainable development. A sample firms was surveyed by distributing a questionnaire random research community con...

La cepa mexicana CP-145 de Ganoderma lucidum debido a la importancia medicinal que ha presentado últimamente, presente investigación tuvo como objetivo evaluar el efecto temperatura y medio cultivo sobre crecimiento micelial óptimo en diferentes rangos pH. Los tratamientos correspondieron utilización del papa dextrosa agar (PDA) extracto malta (EMA), con dos niveles (25 28 °C) seis pH (4.0, 4.5...

The Expert Working Group on “Improving the Role of Government in the Promotion of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA)” was set up by the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development (UN DSD) in cooperation with a number of government agencies and non-governmental experts to promote Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) through publications, pilot projects and by establishing an...