objective: to evaluate the relationship between serum level of testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin in men with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: in this case-control study, forty men aged 40-70 with type 2 diabetes mellitus were randomly selected and compared with 40 non-diabetic men. the two groups were matched for their age and bmi. after complete observation and examination, ...

The values of the albumin and total globulin of serum determined with 22.4 per cent sodium sulfate by the method of Howe (1) are better correlated with the values of one fraction containing the albumin and QIglobulin and of another containing the pand r-globulins (2). However, 19 per cent sodium sulfate seems to separate these fractions more efficiently, since it yields results which agree very...

Three commercial latex kits, IBL, MYCO-Immune, and IMMY, for the detection of cryptococcal antigen were compared in regard to sensitivity, specificity, and height of antigen titers. A total of 218 cerebrospinal fluid and 79 serum specimens from 239 patients were included. Twenty-two patients had culture-proven disseminated cryptococcosis. Both the IBL and MYCO-Immune kits had sensitivities of 1...

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease defined by a low platelet count secondary to accelerated platelet destruction by anti-platelet antibodies. The resulting bleeding diathesis can present a therapeutic dilemma. We have treated two cases of ITP in which ureteral stones were successfully extracted by transurethral ureterolithotripsy (TUL) and extracorporeal shock wa...

The level of protein-bound hexoses was compared in several fractions of electrophoretically separated globulins in the sera of normal and wounded rats. Changes in the concentration of protein components which were not apparent from the amount of total protein of different fractions could be identified. Although wounding resulted in no change from the normal protein level of one a-globulin fract...

The within-subject and between-subject biological variation of the serum concentrations of follitropin, lutropin, sex-hormone-binding globulin, and testosterone; the ratio between the serum concentrations of testosterone and sex-hormone-binding globulin; and the concentration of testosterone in saliva have been studied in a group of 20 men during 12 months. The between-subject coefficients of v...

Coconut cake is an abundant and good potential edible protein source. However, until now it has not been extensively used in the food industry. To promote its usage, the characterization, nutrition value and antioxidant activity of coconut cake protein fractions (albumin, globulin, prolamine, glutelin-1 and glutelin-2) were studied. Results revealed that all the albumin, globulin, glutelin-1 an...

lsologous antigenic determinants of y-globulin revealed by proteolytic digestion of the globulin molecules were discovered by Osterland, Harboe, and Kunkel (1963) in human lgG and by Mandy, Fudenberg, and Lewis (1965) in rabbit y G. These determinants are detected by autologous and isologous antibodies found in most human sera and in all rabbit sera, respectively. These antibodies were named pe...