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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Frequency of antinuclear antibodies and rheumatoid factor in healthy Turkish children
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 1999 The frequency of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and rheumatoid factor (RF) was investigated in 118 apparently healthy children (56 male, 62 female). The mean age was 9.8 ± 2.3 years.
Özgür Kasapçopur +5 more
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Understanding antinuclear antibodies
The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 1991 The American College of Rheumatology (formerly the American Rheumatism Association) diagnostic criteria for connective tissue disorders frequently include positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) assays. Proper interpretation of these tests requires an understanding of the principles governing ANA assays.
R M, Pertusi, B R, Rubin
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Belimumab : a technological advance for systemic lupus erythematosus patients? Report of a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2013 Objectives: To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate clinical effectiveness of belimumab for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antinuclear and/or anti-double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) autoantibodies.
Clarke, Aileen +9 more
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The importance of detecting anti-DFS70 in routine clinical practice : comparison of different care settings [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Screening for antinuclear antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence (ANA-IIF) is essential in the diagnostic workup of ANA-associated autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AARDs).
Berth, Mario +7 more
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Failure to achieve lupus low disease activity state (LLDAS) six months after diagnosis is associated with early damage accrual in Caucasian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus [PDF]
, 2017 Background: The aim was to assess the attainability and outcome of the lupus low disease activity state (LLDAS) in the early stages of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
CAPPELLAZZO, GIULIA +6 more
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Evaluation of the primary biliary cholangitis-related serologic profile in a large cohort of Belgian systemic sclerosis patients [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) are autoimmune diseases that may occur concomitantly and are both strongly associated with disease-specific autoantibodies.
Bonroy, Carolien +6 more
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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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Autoimmune diseases and their manifestations on oral cavity: diagnosis and clinical management [PDF]
, 2018 Oral signs are frequently the first manifestation of autoimmune diseases. For this reason, dentists play an important role in the detection of emerging autoimmune pathologies.
Bossù, Maurizio +5 more
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