Background: This study aimed to assess the potential clinical utility of serum level of serum soluble interleukin-2 receptor (sIL-2R) as a diagnostic tool in rheumatoid arthritis disease (RA). This study investigate the association between serum sIL-2R levels with other parameters used for estimation of RA such as rheumatoid factor (RF), erythrocytes sedimentation rate (ESR), Creactive protein ...

Objective: To find out the frequency of raised Creactive protein (CRP) levels in patients with first-ever acute ischemic stroke. Methodology: This hospital based descriptive (case series) study was carried out in Neurology Unit, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan from March 2011 to December 2011. A total of 100 patients with first-ever acute ischemic stroke, aged 18 years and above and o...

background: stroke is a heterogeneous disease with several risk factors. high sensitivity c-reactive protein (hscrp) is a marker for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. recent studies have shown that high hscrp level is a risk factor for ischemic stroke. the objective of our study was to investigate the association of high hscrp (> 3 mg/l) levels with ischemic stroke and its subtypes i...

background: inflammation and infectious agents such as chlamydia pneumoniae have been associated with cardiovascular disease. objective: to evaluate the serum high sensitivity c - reactive protein (hs-crp) and antibodies against chlamydia pneumoniae and chlamydial heat shock protein-60 (cp-hsp60) in patients with ischemic heart disease (ihd). methods: 62 patients with ihd having either acute my...