conclusions hepatitis b core antibody immunoglobulin m positivity is different in healthy blood donors of different countries according to the prevalence of chronic hepatitis b and its vaccination. based on the current study findings, all positive samples of hepatitis b core antibody in iranian blood banks should be considered as candidates for occult hepatitis b not just the window period infe...

Myasthenic crisis is a life-threatening condition. At times it manifests as the initial presentation of underlying myasthenia gravis. Rapidly acting therapies for treatment this condition are plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin. We report case myasthenic in young female, presenting with respiratory failure bulbar symptoms. She had significantly raised titres anti-acetylcholine recept...

شب پره جوانه خوار بلوط Tortrix viridana, Linnaeus, 1758 (Lep. Tortricidae) یکی از آفات مهم گونه های مختلف جنس Quercus spp. می باشد. لاروهای این آفت ها و برگ درختان تغذیه نمایند باعث بی برگی کامل مورد نظر شوند. در تحقیق تفاوت ژنتیکی پروانه با استفاده مارکرهای ISSR بر اساس میزبان آن جنگل شمال غرب ایران مطالعه قرار گرفت. 19 جمعیت شامل 171 فرد که سه branti Lindl. 1840, infectoria Oliv. 1801 libani ...

Well over six decades since its first description, the Rheumatoid Factor (RF)-autoantibodies recognizing Fc (constant) portion of IgG through their own Fab (antigen binding variable segments)-is believed to have come of age. Autoimmune pancreatitis is a unique form of pancreatitis, biologically characterized by an elevated serum IgG4 concentration. Given the fact that IgG4 myeloma proteins can ...

background: the aim of this study was to identify the most common aeroallergens in patients with asthma and rhinitis. methods: the study enrolled 102 participants including 64 patients with respiratory allergies (among them 15 were clinically diagnosed as asthma patients, 41 with rhinitis, 8 were both) and 38 healthy controls. all of participants were subject of skin prick tests (spt) with seri...

conclusions the current study indicated that the immunoreactivity of secretory iga might have no direct correlation with the colonization of indigenous flora and rejection of exogenous strains in adults. the relationship of microbes, host and dental caries should be in the light of coevolved microecosystem as a whole, but not caused by one factor alone. results the results showed that naturally...

background: pediatric bronchial asthma is associated with considerable morbidity. the study was carried out to examine the association of human leukocyte antigen (hla)- class ii with the disease as we found no similar study on asian indian population. objective: to define the hla-class ii antigens in asian indian pediatric patients with asthma. methods: a total of 103 children with asthma and 1...

Minnesota miniature piglets obtained by hysterectomy and deprived of colostrum were examined for the presence of immunoglobulin by immunoelectrophoresis, double-gel diffusion, and radial immunodiffusion techniques with specific anti-immunoglobulin chain sera. A large amount of variability existed between different litters of piglets and between different piglets within the same litter, ranging ...