Article | 01-April-2020
Gel tests are now available for the determination of immunoglobulin classes and subclasses and complement fractions coating RBCs. These tests simplified serologic characterization of autoantibodies in various autoimmune diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of gel cards in the serologic characterization of autoantibody with regard to the immunoglobulin classes, complement fractions, and IgG subclasses, and the influence of these characteristics on hemolysis. Gel cards were
Sudipta Sekhar Das,
Rajendra K. Chaudhary
Immunohematology, Volume 23 , ISSUE 2, 59–62
Book Review | 26-October-2020
Lawrence D. Petz
Immunohematology, Volume 15 , ISSUE 2, 80–80
research-paper | 30-November-2020
possible etiology of ASD (Sciara et al., 2020). Furthermore, several immunological conditions, including gestational immune abnormalities, family history of autoimmunity, and coexistence of autoimmune diseases in individuals with ASD have been proposed to play a role in developing this disease (Edmiston et al., 2017). Anatomical studies revealed evidence of some brain structural changes related to neuroinflammation in patients with ASD. Epidemiological studies have also shown some evidence of
Arash Heidari,
Yasna Rostam–Abadi,
Nima Rezaei
Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, Volume 81 , ISSUE 3, 249–263
Original Paper | 13-September-2016
Wojciech Kosiak,
Maciej Piskunowicz,
Dominik Świętoń,
Tomasz Batko,
Mariusz Kaszubowski
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 15 , ISSUE 63, 349–357
Report | 16-October-2019
Chimerism is a phenomenon in which an individual has cells with different genetic content from different zygotes. In dizygotic twins (DTs), chimerism is believed to occur through placental anastomoses that enable the bidirectional exchange of hematopoietic stem cells. Little is still known about chimerism frequency in twins, but several studies have shown a relation between chimerism and some conditions such as autism, Alzheimer’s disease, and a group of autoimmune diseases such as Sj
Letícia Tavares,
Daiane Cobianchi da Costa,
Anna Paula de Borba Batschauer,
Luiz Fernando Job Jobim,
Gisele Menezes Ewald,
Carolina de Mello,
Eduardo Samuel Alvarez Velazquez,
Alexandre Geraldo
Immunohematology, Volume 34 , ISSUE 4, 151–157
Article | 06-December-2020
Charts from a series of 679 hospital patients with positive direct antiglobulin tests (DATs) were reviewed. Sixty-three adult patients who demonstrated positive DATs due to IgG only but with nonreactive eluates were selected for further retrospective evaluation. Those patients were noted to fall into four distinct categories: autoimmune diseases including SLE, renal diseases, multiple myeloma, and miscellaneous diseases. In 16 patients for whom serum IgG levels were available, a significant
Jerald A. Clark,
Patricia C. Tanley,
Charles H. Wallas
Immunohematology, Volume 8 , ISSUE 1, 9–12
Article | 03-November-2020
Preliminary reports have suggested that microcolumn technology might be too sensitive for direct antiglobulin testing (DAT). We studied 228 samples from patients with autoimmune diseases and 30 samples from healthy controls to determine the sensitivity of column techniques. Both Sephadex® gel and protein A/G columns were compared with manual methods using rabbit or murine polyspecific reagents. Of the 187 samples that were negative by both manual methods, an additional 29 (15%) and 42 (22
Joann M. Moulds,
Laura Diekman,
T. Denise Wells
Immunohematology, Volume 14 , ISSUE 4, 146–148
Review | 31-January-2019
scan, including functional ocular disorders (vision disorders, mobility disorders), autoimmune diseases, inflammatory conditions, proliferative processes, and others. The authors present Ossoinig’s standardized method which encompasses topographic, qualitative and kinetic echography, and may facilitate orbital ultrasound examinations. Moreover, the article shows management standards for ultrasound imaging of orbital pathologies with an emphasis on the relevance of equipment selection, scanning
Małgorzata Karolczak-Kulesza,
Małgorzata Rudyk,
Magdalena Niestrata-Ortiz
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 18 , ISSUE 75, 349–354