the measurement of anti-streptokinase antibodies can distinguish the patients who may benefit from streptokinase and those who should be treated with some other thrombolytic regimen. neutralising titration test is a commonly used classical assay for measuring anti-streptokinase antibodies and in this assay the ability of anti-streptokinase antibodies in patients' sera in preventing the lytic ef...

BACKGROUND Celiac disease (CD) is induced by wheat gliadins and related cereal proteins. Anti-gliadin antibodies (AGAs) are present in the serum of CD patients, but these antibodies have lower diagnostic specificity and sensitivity than autoantibodies [anti-endomysium antibodies (AEmAs) and anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (AtTGAs)]. Recently, AGAs from CD patients were found to recogniz...

Celiac disease has been shown to be associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus. We conducted this study to determine the frequency of celiac disease in a group of Iranian diabetic children. Ninety-six patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus were tested for anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies. Six patients (6.25%) were seropositive, and histopathological changes were compatible with celiac dise...

exposure over the previous hours (15) were collected and stored at Ϫ20 °C until analysis (14). Creatinine was assessed in urine according to a kinetic method adapted from the Jaffe method (16). Urinary cotinine results, calculated taking into account the fivefold urine concentration , were expressed with reference to creatinine values. Results were compared using the Student t-test. Urinary cot...

OBJECTIVE To study the spectrum of clinical presentation of coeliac disease and the role of IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies titer in the diagnosis and effect of gluten-free diet on such titers in children. METHODS The prospective study was conducted in the paediatric department of Combined Military Hospital, Kharian from Sep 2011 to Sep 2012. Children of 1-12 years of age presenti...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to compare celiac disease (CD)- specific antibody tests to determine if they could replace jejunal biopsy in patients with a high pretest probability of CD. METHODS This retrospective study included sera from 149 CD patients and 119 controls, all with intestinal biopsy. All samples were analyzed for IgA and IgG antibodies against native gliadin (ngli...

results implementation of modern techniques of immune monitoring, allograft function, awareness about the specific infectious and non-infectious disease in each region improves the quality of renal transplantation. conclusions we need to combine the advance scientific vision with local vigilance to achieve the best outcome in renal allograft recipients evidence acquisitions in this process we s...