background: echinococcosis is a parasitic disease with worldwide distribution which is caused by the tapeworms echinococcus granulosus . diagnosis of the disease relies on imaging techniques, but the techniques are not able to differentiate the cyst from benign or malignant tumors; hence, appropriate serologic methods are required for the differential diagnosis of the infection. materials and m...

BACKGROUND Anti-ganglioside antibody assays are widely used for diagnosis of autoimmune peripheral neuropathies. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine serum levels of anti-ganglioside antibodies in children with Guillain-Barre syndrome by immunoblotting technique and compare the results with those obtained by ELISA method. METHOD In this investigation, 50 children with Guillain-Barre synd...

A new method that allows rapid phenotyping of genetic Lp(a) glycoprotein types in large numbers of samples is described. The method is based on sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis of reduced serum or plasma in horizontal slab gels followed by immunoblotting with polyclonal anti-Lp(a) lipoprotein or monoclonal anti-Lp(a) glycoprotein antibodies. Phenotyping of 194 unrelated, healthy subje...

Utility of Immunoblotting for the Early Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis 1 Seroconversion in Pregnant Women 2 C. JOST, F. TOUAFEK, A. FEKKAR, R. COURTIN, M. RIBEIRO,D. MAZIER, L. 3 PARIS. 4 AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Paris F5 75013 France 6 Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S945, Paris F-75013, France 7 INSERM, U945, Paris F-75013, Fra...