Concurrently, the patient was hospitalized in the rheumatology department due to positive ANA results. There, in addition to the ANA titer at a level of 1:320, lupus anticoagulant was detected. The ...

[1] During the last decades, the use of HEp-2 cells as substrates for IIF has allowed the identification of ANA patterns which are difficult or even impossible to appreciate on tissue sections ...

Blood serum and BM supernatant from the time of study enrollment were sent to the clinical lab for ANA titer measurement. We detected ANA in 5/9 of the SLE patients and none of the 7 HD sera. The same ...

6–9 Since we have been determining antistreptolysin-O titers routinely for our own patients as well as for patients from other hospitals and private physicians since 1939, it seemed worth while ...

The MND ANA pattern is immunomorphologically characterized by the staining of 3–20 dots of variable size distributed throughout the cell nucleus, but sparing the nucleoli and the mitoses (Figure 2).

Read more about the treatment of PBC Laboratory tests showed a cholestatic liver function pattern. He also had a highly positive antinuclear antibody titer, elevated immunoglobulin G, and weakly ...

1). The laboratory tests revealed an elevated erythrocite sedimentation rate (ESR, ESR 46 mm/1 h). He had a positive antinuclear antibody (titer 1:640) and SCL70 antibodies with a decreased serum ...

Fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis can cause similar symptoms like pain, reduced mobility in muscles, and exhaustion. The symptoms may be difficult to distinguish if a person has both conditions.

OneBlood's High Titer COVID-19 convalescent plasma is for patients who are immunocompromised and want to prevent infection. OneBlood is the first blood center in the nation that is licensed to provide ...

Santa Ana winds can bring disruptive impacts to daily life in Los Angeles and parts of southern California, but when coupled with wildfires they can escalate the situation rapidly, causing the ...