BACKGROUND: Management of patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) and reticulocytopenia remains challenging. CASE REPORTS: Two patients with decompensated AIHA who were receiving immunosuppressive drugs were treated with erythropoietin (EPO). Administration of EPO increased reticulocyte counts and hemoglobin concentrations in both cases. One patient completely recovered following a sh...

In anti-red blood cell autoantibody transgenic (autoAb Tg) mice almost all B cells are deleted except for B-1 cells in the peritoneal cavity and the gut. About one-half of the auto Ab Tg mice suffer from autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) in the conventional condition. Oral administration of lipopolysaccharides activates B-1 cells and induces autoimmune symptoms in the Tg mice, suggesting that ...

a green house study was conducted to evaluate the comparative efficacy of pasteuria penetrans under the influence of organic amendments of four oil seed cakes namely azadirachta indica (locally known as neem), castor (ricinus communis), mustard (brassica campestris) and citrullus (citrullus colocynthis)on suppression of populations of meloidogyne incognita in chilli. oil seed cakes were applied...

BACKGROUND Obesity is associated with insulin resistance, development of diabetes, and coronary heart disease. There is limited information on the contribution of previous obesity on the risk of coronary heart disease. We aimed to examine the effect of previous history of obesity on the occurrence of coronary heart disease in patients with diabetes. METHODS We carried out a retrospective char...

the west asia-north africa region, which is characterized by a typical mediterranean climate, is the center of origin of cereals, notably wheat (triticum spp.) and barley (hordeum spp). however, cereal production, which is primarily rainfed, is mainly constrained by drought due to the low rainfall accompanied by high temperatures. cereals have been tradi-tionally grown following a fallow period...

to assess the effects of different levels of nitrogen and phosphorous on yield and nutrient use efficiency of sugar beet (polygerm seed (cv. 7233)), this study was carried out in 1999-2001 in ardabil agricultural research station (alarough). the experiment contained two factors of: nitrogen in 4 levels (control, 100, 200 and 300 kg n/ha) and phosphorous in 3 levels (control, 100 and 200 kg p2o5...

population growth as well as global fresh water shortage problem have necessitated the use of unconventional water resources in agricultural sector, as the largest consumer of fresh water, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. in this study, the effect of four irrigation methods on yield, uptake of water and important nutrients, and the salt accumulation in soil was investigated using a com...

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is featured by short red cell survival due to autoantibodies. AIHA caused by anti 'e' is a tough clinical situation as antigen 'e' is a highly prevalent antigen. The present case highlights the same and different issues related to it.