Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a pruritic, relapsing, chronic disease that arises most commonly during infancy, childhood, or adolescence. It is clear that genetic factors are important in AD, a family history of AD, allergic rhinitis, and/or asthma and other “Atopic” phenomena being common in patient with AD. The two main pathogenetic characteristic of AD are: I) IgE-mediated antigen dependent “Spe...

Synopsis A short history of the laboratory diagnosis of pregnancy is followed by an evaulation of four immunological methods of pregnancy diagnosis. The immunological methods based upon haemagglutination-inhibition and slide latex agglutination, gave a.lOO% accuracy. It is concluded that these techniques are suitable for the diagnosis of pregnancy after the 35th day following the last menstrual...

background: echinococcosis is a parasitic disease with worldwide distribution which is caused by the tapeworms echinococcus granulosus . diagnosis of the disease relies on imaging techniques, but the techniques are not able to differentiate the cyst from benign or malignant tumors; hence, appropriate serologic methods are required for the differential diagnosis of the infection. materials and m...

Q fever endocarditis may be accompanied by immunological abnormalities complicating the diagnosis. We report two cases of mimicking lymphoma and ANCA-associated vasculitis illustrating immune disorders that can triggered Coxiella burnetii.

The rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases is important for the confirmation of diagnosis and therapeutic considerations. In some life-threatening instances like meningitis, an early diagnosis will facilitate appropriate intervention. Conventional methods like culture for diagnosis are considered standard and reliable but the handicap is the delay, usually around 48 hours, before confirmative r...

although the majority of the patients with traumatic brain injury presents with injuries involving the extremities, there was a clear paucity of adequate experimental polytrauma models. to close this gap, we conducted several studies to establish two different polytrauma mice models including both closed and open traumatic brain injury. male c57bl mices with a mean weight of 23g were anesthetiz...

A 63-year-old woman suffering from progressive systemic sclerosis for about 20 years disclosed symptoms of liver disease within the last three years. Diagnosis of biliary cirrhosis was established on the basis of clinical picture, pathological examination of the hepatic tissue sample, immunological tests, and x-ray studies. Association of systemic sclerosis with primary biliary cirrhosis is...