Neural Auto-Antibodies in Leprosy

sulfatide antibodies in leprosy and leprosy reactions

Pure neural Leprosy: A case report

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease endemic in Iran that mainly involves skin and peripheral nerves. Leprosy has several clinical forms. One of them is “Pure neural leprosy”. The diagnosis of this form is delayed due to lack of clinical signs in other tissues and can lead to permanent deformity. I will discuss my experience for 20 years in the diagnosis and treatment of this form of leprosy...

Auto-antibodies in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unclassified

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease unclassified (IBDU) is considered to be an aberrant immune response with loss of tolerance to many antigens. Objective: This paper tries to address whether there is any value to test for auto-antibodies in such patients. Methods: 60 patients with inflammatory bowel disease unclassified participated in the study. Auto-antibodies to nuclear antigen, intestin...

Auto-antibodies in adult herpes encephalitis

cancelled 750 Posters, Monday 10 September © 2012 EFNS European Journal of Neurology 19 (Suppl. 1), 458–807 P2810 Viral load, cytokine storm, TNF-α and TNF-α promoter polymorphism as possible predictors for disease progression in Japanese encephalitis S.K. Pujhari1, R.K. Ratho1, S. Prabhakar2, B.M. Mishra1, M. Modi2 1Virology, 2Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research...

Auto-antibodies in acquired haemolytic anaemia.

It is now widely recognized that cases of haemolytic anaemia of spontaneous or endogenous origin may be divided into two broad groups: those determined by a genetical cause resulting in the production of defective red cells, and those not so determined. Among the latter group of acquired haemolytic anaemias are cases in which there is evidence for the presence of antibodies active against the p...