National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81170485,and No.81470328);Jiangsu Provincial Special Program of Medical Science (No.BL2014086).
Background: Serum antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are positive in some patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), prognostic value of ANAs remains unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of ANAs a...
Supported by Talent Revitalizing Discipline Plan of Hebei Agricultural University(03018011)
[Objective] The paper was to explore the relationship between the occurrence of canine rheumatism and blood-associated agent by detecting blood routine indexes and changes in content of anti streptolysin O( ASO),C-rea...
Non-organ-specific autoantibodies and thyroid autoantibodies have been frequently found in chronic carriers of hepatitis C virus(HCV). With respect to endomysial antibodies and tissue transglutaminase, it is controver...
Purpose: To report a case of atypical Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) that illustrates several overlapping features with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods: A case is reported followed by a review of the curre...
Supported by PENED 2003(03E_66)from the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology to Theodoropoulos PA
AIM:To investigate possible associations of anti-nuclear envelope antibody(ANEA)with disease severity and survival in Greek primary biliary cirrhosis(PBC)patients.METHODS:Serum samples were collected at diagnosis from...
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may induce autoimmune response and autoantibodies can be detected in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients. However, the reported positive rate of autoantibodies in CHC pa...