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Metabolic profiling studies have recently indicated dysfunctional mitochondria in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This includes an impaired function of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC), possibly driven by serum factor(s),
Isabell Nilsson +6 more
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Background Although antinuclear antibodies (ANAs), anti‐SSA and anti‐Ro52, are present in immunoglobulin preparations, it is unknown whether intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy influences the testing of serum autoantibodies in patients with ...
Lijuan Yang +8 more
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Severe drug-induced liver injury associated with prolonged use of Linezolid [PDF]
This study aims to describe a patient developing concomitant severe liver failure and lactic acidosis after long-term treatment with linezolid. A 55-year-old Caucasian woman developed concomitant severe liver failure and lactic acidosis after a treatment
Benoit, Dominique +7 more
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Polymyalgia rheumatica and antimitochondrial antibodies. [PDF]
Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) were detected in the sera of 11 of 36 patients with a clinical diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) in whom comprehensive autoantibody screening had been performed. AMA did not correlate with biochemical changes of hepatic dysfunction, which are common in PMR, nor with parameters of musculoskeletal inflammation ...
M A, Sattar +3 more
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Third Brazilian consensus for autoantibodies screening in HEp-2 cells (ANA) : recommendations for standardization of autoantibodies screening trial in HEp-2 cells, quality control and clinical associations [PDF]
Objetivo: O 3º Consenso Brasileiro para pesquisa de autoanticorpos em Células HEp-2 (FAN) teve como propósito avaliar as dificuldades de implantação do 2º Consenso ocorrido no ano de 2002, discutir estratégias para controlar a qualidade do ensaio e ...
Andrade, Luis Eduardo Coelho +33 more
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CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF AUTOANTIBODIES IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES
We are studied the 15 patients with autoimmune liver diseases and 36 patients without autoimmune pathology found the diagnostic value of antinuclear and antimitochondrial autoantibodies (AMA-M2) tests, and antibodies to asialoglycoprotein receptor (anti ...
V. V. Bazarnyi +2 more
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Hepatitis in a patient with SLE: Is it autoimmune hepatitis? [PDF]
In a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we considered the diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in view of raised serum aminotransferases, hypergammaglobulinaemia, antinuclear antibodies (titre 1:10240), seronegative of markers for viral ...
Engelkens, H.J.H. (Herman) +5 more
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This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of microscopic ...
Short, Matthew W.
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Background/Aims: Patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome may present liver involvement. Our goals were to establish the prevalence of abnormal hepatic biochemistries and clinical liver disease in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome and correlate ...
Aldo J. Montaño-Loza +3 more
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Primary biliary cirrhosis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with rituximab, a case-based review [PDF]
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune disease in which intrahepatic bile ducts are targeted by an immune-mediated injury. This disease tends to progress to fibrosis and cirrhosis with hepatic failure. The authors report a case of a 50-year-old
Canhão, H +5 more
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