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Comparative Evaluation of Indirect Immunofluorescence and Immunoblot Techniques for Antinuclear Antibody Detection in Pakistani Patients [PDF]

Indian Journal of Medical Biochemistry
Aims and background: This study aims to evaluate indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and immunoblot (IBM) methods for antinuclear antibody (ANA) detection in Pakistani patients and to investigate the correlation between autoimmune diseases and ...
Nazneen Perveen, Faiza Naz, Beena Hasan, Syed ZA Naqvi, Sobia Rafiq   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Female–Male Distribution in Autoantibody Detected by Immunofluorescence

Experimed, 2020
Objective: This study determines the positivity rates and gender distribution of antinuclear and liver-specific autoantibodies that are considered important in the diagnosis and follow-up of autoimmune diseases.
Nuray Gürel Polat, Nurhas Safran, Gaye Erten Yurdagül   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Sensitivity and the Clinical Impact of the 2023 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR Classification Criteria in Obstetric Antiphospholid Syndrome: Findings From a Multicenter Italian Cohort With a Long‐Term Follow‐Up

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of the 2023 American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/EULAR classification criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in a real‐world cohort of women diagnosed with primary obstetric APS (oAPS) and to assess their ability to identify patients at risk of future pregnancy complications ...
Francesca Ruffilli, Cecilia Nalli, Francesca Crisafulli, Carlo Garaffoni, Marcello Govoni, Giulia Voltarel, Alba C. Pozzi, Beatrice Maranini, Ettore Silvagni, Alessandra Bortoluzzi, Angela Tincani   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cracking the Code: Which Ocular Symptoms Predict Dry Eye Signs? Insights From a Large International Sicca Registry

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The study aimed to identify symptom‐based predictors of dry eye disease (DED) signs in the Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) cohort. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis examining 16 ocular symptoms (most graded 0–4) and artificial tear (AT) use (graded 0–3) as predictors of DED signs (abnormal ocular ...
Pragnya R. Donthineni, Chloe Shields, Rohit Muralidhar, Shreya Bhatt, Alan Baer, Robert Fox, Sara S. McCoy, Anat Galor   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autoantibody profiles and their association with blood eosinophils in asthma and COPD

Allergology International, 2017
Background: Autoimmune involvement in the pathogenesis of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been proposed, and autoantibodies are a hallmark of autoimmunity.
Koji Tamai, Harukazu Yoshimatsu, Toshiharu Saito, Hirofumi Matsuoka, Nobuhiko Okada, Yasuko Koma, Akiko Otsuka, Nao Oda, Sayaka Inoue, Sachie Kume, Yujiro Suzuki   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome after Orthotopic Liver Transplant

Case Reports in Transplantation, 2022
Background. Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is an autoimmune thrombogenic disorder of small and large vessels caused by autoantibodies against phospholipids and phospholipid-binding proteins.
R. Okeke, J. Lok, R. Wells, M. Wycoff, A. Engelhardt, J. Bettag, C. O’Leary, T. Hallcox, M. Nazzal   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics and Outcomes of Male Participants in a Multicenter Longitudinal Australian Study Cohort

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The aim of this study was to determine the differences in demographic, serologic, and clinical characteristics between male and female patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an Australian cohort. Methods This was a retrospective observational study using data from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study.
Emily Lin, Dylan Hansen, Laura Ross, Gene‐Siew Ngian, Susanna Proudman, Gabor Major, Maryam Tabesh, Mandana Nikpour, Jennifer Walker, Lauren Host, Nava Ferdowsi, Alannah Quinlivan, Wendy Stevens, Joanne Sahhar, Diane Apostolopoulos   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antinuclear and antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with multiple sclerosis

, 2011
The prevalence of autoantibodies in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and their clinical associations differ between various studies. This study investigated antiphospholipid and antinuclear antibodies in 85 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and ...
J Szechinski, B Pawlik, P Wiland, M Szmyrka-Kaczmarek, E Gruszka, L Korman, A Pokryszko-Dragan, R Podemski   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Discordance Between Patient and Physician Global Assessments in Early Systemic Sclerosis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aims to identify factors associated with patient global assessment (PtGA) and physician global assessment (PhGA) and discordance between them in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Methods Data from adults with early SSc (<5 years) from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry were included.
Ellen Romich, Alexis Ogdie, Alisa Stephens Shields, Peter A. Merkel, Shervin Assassi, Elana J. Bernstein, Andreea Bujor, Flavia V. Castelino, Lorinda Chung, Luke B. Evnin, Tracy M. Frech, Jessica K. Gordon, Melissa Griffith, Faye N. Hant, Monica L. Harding, Laura K. Hummers, Dinesh Khanna, Kimberly S. Lakin, Dorota J. Lebiedz‐Odrobina, Yiming Luo, Ashima Makol, Maureen D. Mayes, Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, Jerry Molitor, Duncan F. Moore, Julie Paik, Carrie Richardson, Brian Skaug, Ami A. Shah, Ankoor Shah, Virginia Steen, John M. VanBuren, Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Carleigh Zahn, Nora Sandorfi, for the CONQUER Investigators   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inflammatory bowel disease-specific autoantibodies in HLA-B27-associated spondyloarthropathies: Increased prevalence of ASCA and pANCA [PDF]

, 2004
Aims: An association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and spondyloarthropathies (SpA) has repeatedly been reported. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether serologic markers of IBD, e. g.
Folwaczny, Christian, Kellner, H., J. Glas, Marker-Hermann, E., R. Gruber, Brumberger, V., V. Brumberger, Glas, J., Gruber, R., H. Kellner, C. Folwaczny, Török, H.-P., E. Märker-Hermann, C. Strasser, Strasser, C., H.-P. Török   +15 more
core   +1 more source