In 23 patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) of the hand, scintigraphy with indium-111 labeled human non-specific polyclonal immunoglobulin G (In-111-IgG) was performed to investigate whether inflammatory characteristics are present in RSD. Both blood flow and accumulation over 48 h were assessed. Nineteen patients had increased flow to the affected hand, and 3 had decreased flow. One...

many different radiolabeled antibodies have been used for radioimmunotherapy and radioimmunoscintigraphy of human diseases in animal experiments. in order to study the in vivo tissue distribution of antibody, we labeled human nonspecific polyclonal igg with na125i using chloramine-t method. an animal model was developed by injecting turpentine in the posterior left thigh of balb/c mice. tissue ...

UNLABELLED Schnitzler's syndrome is a rare disease characterized by a monoclonal IgM (or IgG) paraprotein, a nonpruritic urticarial skin rash, and 2 (or 3) of the following: recurrent fever, objective signs of abnormal bone remodeling, elevated CRP level or leukocytosis, and a neutrophilic infiltrate on skin biopsy. It responds well to treatment with the interleukine-1-inhibitor anakinra. We re...

In recent years, the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of radioisotopes have shown significant progress. Immunoglobulin (Ig) appears to be a promising tracer, particularly due to its ability to target selected antigens. The main objective of this study is to optimize and assess an Ig radiolabeling method with Technetium 99m (99mTc), an attractive radioelement used widely for diagnostic imaging. M...

OBJECTIVE To characterise the psychological profiles of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and patients with sicca symptoms but without SS; to find predictors for salivary gland function; to evaluate salivary scintigraphy as a method to differentiate between SS and patients with sicca symptoms but without SS. PATIENTS AND METHODS Psychological tests (Medical Outcomes Study Short Form General Health Surv...

A 36-year-old female was referred with renal impairment, creatinine clearance 0.4 mL/s and proteinuria 4.7 g/day. Physical examination was unremarkable. Biochemistry showed normochromic normocytic anaemia, slight hypoalbuminaemia and hypercalcaemia. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, anti-nuclear antibodies, anti-glomerular basement membrane, anti-phospholipid antibodies, and viral screeni...

131I-labeled goat immunoglobulin G (IgG) prepared against carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was administered at an average dose of 1.0 mCi (180 to 250 microgram IgG protein) to patients with ovarian tumors in order to evaluate this method of tumor detection and localization, termed the radioimmunodetection of cancer. All primary cancers in 13 patients could be localized, whereas the metastases in...