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Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2023 Background: Autoimmune connective tissue diseases (AICTD) present with a myriad of clinical manifestations, including cutaneous. These disorders occur because of immune dysregulation that produces autoantibodies targeting connective tissue and internal ...
Rupa D Kondeti +5 more
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Can Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) be Monoclonal?
Case Reports in Nephrology, 2021 Background. Nuclear staining by immunofluorescence in a kidney biopsy is often seen in patients with positive antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in the serum. These ANA are usually polyclonal, but herein we report 9 cases with an unusual finding of monoclonal ...
Laura Biederman +7 more
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Immunological Impact of Ovarian Cystectomy in Cases of Laparscopic Procedure and Conventional Laparotomy [PDF]
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal, 2000 Background: Conventional and laparoscopic surgery can impact a patient's immune status. Laparotomy causes more tissue trauma, while laparoscopy uses more cauterization, making both procedures potentially dangerous for the immune system.
Magdy Olama +2 more
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Antimelanocyte antibodies: A possible role in patients with vitiligo
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2020 Background: Vitiligo is an acquired depigmenting skin disorder with multifactorial pathogenesis including genetic, autoimmune, and neuronal factors. Both humoral- and cell-mediated immunities are supposed to have a role in the pathogenesis of vitiligo ...
Maha A El-Gayyar +4 more
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Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and their first-degree relatives: Potential clinical value [PDF]
, 2002 Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) have been described as specific markers in Crohn's disease and their healthy first-degree relatives. 171 patients with Crohn's disease, their 105 first-degree relatives, 145 patients with ulcerative colitis
Török, H.-P. +5 more
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Assessment of Serum Prolactin Level in Patients Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis
مجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2015 The prolactin hormone played role in the many autoimmune disorders. To determine the importance of high levels of prolactin in triggering rheumatoid arthritis, thirty patient's women with hyperprolactinemia aged (20-45) years old have been investigated ...
Baghdad Science Journal
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Nuclear Antigens and Auto/Alloantibody Responses: Friend or Foe in Transplant Immunology
Clinical and Developmental Immunology, 2013 In addition to cellular immune responses, humoral immune responses, mediated by natural antibodies, autoantibodies, and alloantibodies, have increasingly been recognized as causes of organ transplant rejection.
Toshiaki Nakano +2 more
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Clinical significance of anti-DFS70 in immunoinflammatory rheumatic diseases (review)
Научно-практическая ревматология, 2023 The relevance of the problem of immunoinflammatory rheumatic diseases (IIRD) for modern medicine is determined by their high prevalence in the population, the difficulty of early diagnosis, the rapid development of disability and poor life prognosis ...
T. A. Panafidina +4 more
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Role of Antinuclear Antibodies in Primary Biliary Cholangitis
, 2020 The identification of antinuclear antibodies specific for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) has facilitated diagnosis in antimitochondrial antibody-negative individuals. Their presence may also have prognostic implication. In this edition of The American
Christopher L. Bowlus +3 more
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Nonsystemic vasculitic neuropathy
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2020 A 21-year-old female born of nonconsanguineous marriage presented with gradually progressive quadriplegia for 3 years. Weakness was distal more than proximal, with wasting. She also had moderate pain in extremities.
Shalesh Rohatgi +2 more
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