OBJECTIVE Little is known about the presence of chronic morbidity in inflammatory arthritis (IA) patients at disease onset. Previous studies have been mainly performed in established IA patients or they focus on isolated co-morbid diseases. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of chronic diseases at the onset of IA and to determine whether this is different from the number that one might exp...

(1.5), high-IA (2.3), and bulk tank-IA (1.9). Corresponding values for Cheddar were 2.1, 3.4, and 2.4 and for provolone 1.6, 2.6, and 2.1. Panels detected no differences in flavor notes for the three IA types of butter. For Cheddar, sour and bitter flavor notes approached but did not achieve significance at 0.05. Provolone showed differences in buttery flavor, with both highand low-IA being sig...

BACKGROUND Internet addiction (IA) is a common problem found in young Asians. This study aimed to study the influence of IA and online activities on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in young Vietnamese. This study also compared the frequencies of anxiety, depression and other addiction of young Vietnamese with and without IA. METHODS This study recruited 566 young Vietnamese (56.7% fema...

Background: There are no studies assesing whether patients with idiopathic anaphylaxis are a heterogenous population Objective: A study has been carried out to assess whether clinical and functional differences (mast cell releasability) exist between two sub-types of Idiopathic Anaphylaxis (Generalized Idiopathic Anaphylaxis -IA-Gand Idiopathic Anaphylaxis with Angioedema -IA-A-). Methods: Pati...

Sequential immunoprecipitation analyses of Ia antigens were performed with 125I-labeled B10, B10.A(3R), and B10.A(5R) spleen cell lysates. The results suggest the presence of one I-region associated (Ia) locus (Ia-1) in the I-A subregion. In addition, they indicate that two Ia loci map between the I-J and S regions. One locus, Ia-5, maps in the I-E subregion. The second locus, most likely Ia-3,...

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from the destruction of pancreatic insulin-producing beta cells and is strongly associated with the presence of islet autoantibodies. Autoantibodies to tyrosine phosphatase-like protein IA-2 (IA-2As) are considered to be highly predictive markers of T1D. We developed a novel lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) based on a bridging format for the rapid detection of IA-2A...