The prevalence of lupus anticoagulant, using the dilute Russell's viper venom time (DRVT), was determined in 22 patients with mild to severe haemophilia A to see if there was any association with the presence of viral disease. Twelve haemophiliacs (58%) were lupus anticoagulant positive, with a mean patient:control ratio of 1.24 (range 1.15-1.52, normal range 0.84-1.06 which partially corrected...

AIMS To determine whether the presence of anticardiolipin antibodies in patients with suspected myocardial infarction is predictive of complications during hospital stay or after discharge. METHODS Anticardiolipin antibodies were serially measured in a cohort of 111 patients, from the time of admission to the coronary care until till eight weeks after discharge. Associations with fatal and no...

Objectives In 20 patients (37%) high level of IgG anticardiolipin antibodies was discovered. High level of anticardiolipin antybodies IgM was discovered in 6 patients (11.1%). Lupus anticoagulant was determinated in 51 cases, in 17 was positive (31%). 8 patients had the tests for anti beta2GPI carried out and in 4 cases it was positive. In the group of 54 patients 22 (41%) presented prolonged a...

Background: Measles is a contagious respiratory viral infection that accompanied with skin rash. Vaccination against measles has reduced the prevalence of the disease but sporadic measles epidemic still occurred in young people. This study, was carried out for the response evaluation of immunity against measles in Iranian soldiers living in garrisons. Methods: In this study based on the history...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The burden of stroke is high in sub-Saharan Africa, and improved knowledge of risk factors is needed. Antiphospholipid antibodies are a common acquired stroke risk factor in young individuals. Antiphospholipid antibodies may be induced by infectious diseases. Sub-Saharan Africa has a high infectious burden, and we analyzed the contribution of antiphospholipid antibodies t...

background: toxoplasmosis is well known as an important infection in pregnant women. although many serologic methods are available, diagnosis of early toxoplasmosis may be extremely difficult. objective: to detect the toxoplasma igg antibodies developed at the early stage of infection in pregnant women. methods: 225 pregnant women, who were in the 2nd to 4th month of their pregnancy, enrolled i...