"Smoldering acute leukemia", a variant of acute myelogenous leukemia, has been recognized with frequent incidence in recent years. This is chracterized by benign clinical course, poor physical findings, leukopenia and mild anemia in the peripheral blood, and apparent infiltration of abnormal myeloblasts in the bone marrow. Immunological studies of the host defence mechanism were made, because t...

background: application of adjuvants with microbial origins is a recently highlighted approach in the vaccinology trials. archaeosomes are among these microbial compounds with both adjuvant and liposomal activities and features. methods: in the present study, recombinant hbsag encapsulated into methanobrevibacter smithii (m. smithii) archaeosomes. balb/c mice immunized with this compound and hu...

Background: Tonsils and adenoids are involved in both local immunity and immune surveillance for the development of immune defense mechanisms. A number of investigators have found decreased immunoglobulin levels after adenotonsillectomy while others have failed to find significant changes. The effects of adenotonsillectomy on the cellular immunity of children have not been investigated extensiv...

A microscopic examination of an appropriately prepared and well-stained blood smear by a knowledgeable laboratory professional is necessary and clinically useful in a number of circumstances and for a variety of reasons. In this article, an attempt is made to delineate the purpose and criteria for blood smear examination in a variety of circumstances that are encountered in everyday laboratory ...

background: tonsils and adenoids are involved in both local immunity and immune surveillance for the development of immune defense mechanisms. a number of investigators have found decreased immunoglobulin levels after adenotonsillectomy while others have failed to find significant changes. the effects of adenotonsillectomy on the cellular immunity of children have not been investigated extensiv...

objectives microscopy of giemsa-stained thick and thin peripheral blood smear (pbs) remains as the standard laboratory method for the diagnosis of symptomatic malaria. this study was done to compare pbs with polymerase chain reaction (pcr) method for detecting asymptomatic malaria parasitemia. patients and method blood samples were collected from 900 asymptomatic school children between 7-11 ye...

effect of adding melissa officinalis aqueous extract was studied on immune response and performance in 200 ross 308 broiler chicks in a completely randomized design with five treatments and four replicates and 10 observations per replicate. the amounts of 0 (control), 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 ml/l lemon balm extract were added in drinking water for 42 days. humoral immunity was evaluated by injection ...