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Three patients with Ph chromosome + chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in chronic phase suffered from intercurrent pleuritis of undefined origin. At that time, leucocyte alkaline phosphatase activity (LAPA) score was low for circulating neutrophils, but high for those from pleural effusion. LAP negative
Applications and limitations of alkaline phosphatase as a tumor marker are discussed. This review focuses on three characteristic isoenzymes that have been found in the serum of cancer patients: (1) the Regan isoenzyme in bronchogenic carcinoma; (2) the Nagao isoenzyme in pleuritis carcinomatosa;
The time course of rat carrageenin pleurisy has been studied. The inflammatory reaction is characterized by exudate formation and massive leucocyte emigration into the pleural space both reaching peak values at 24 hours. Moreover betaglucuronidase, acid phosphatase and lactic dehydrogenase have been
The examination of 150 patients with pleural exudate of different origin (43 cases of malignant and 107 cases of benign genesis) was made to elucidate diagnostic value of immunochemical serum and pleural fluid estimation of four tumor-associated proteins: carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), beta
Ethylcysteine showed a prophylactic effect on collagen-induced arthritis in rats at 100 mg/kg, p.o., and the effect continued even after stopping the administration. However, it was not dose-dependent. D-penicillamine showed no effect under the same condition. Ethylcysteine tended to inhibit
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, synovitis, peritonitis, or pleurisy. Some patients eventually develop systemic amyloidosis. The biochemical cause of the disease is unknown. We have conducted a genome-wide search for
The occurrence of a goat disease caused by Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides LC in Hungary is reported. The disease occurred in two goat herds in the spring of 1999. In one herd 25% of the 4-12 weeks old kids (10 animals) while in the other herd 33% of the 6-12 weeks old kids (20 animals) became
The functional status of the lymphocytes from pleural or peritoneal effusions occurring in 148 patients with various internal diseases such as tuberculosis, liver cirrhosis, heart failure and pneumonias was studied by laboratory investigations including morphologic examination, cytoenzymatic,
The hematological and clinicochemical profiles of healthy swine and swine with inflammatory processes were investigated. Blood was collected at slaughter and postmortem examination was performed to select healthy swine and swine with pleuritis, pneumonia or abscesses. In healthy swine, the values of
A 58-year-old man was admitted to hospital because of exertional dyspnoea and a cardiac murmur not previously heard. For one year he was known to have left-sided fibrinous pleuritis. For 5 years he had been taking methysergide for cluster headaches. From 1950-1980 he had worked with
BACKGROUND
Adult onset Still's disease (juvenile rheumatoid arthritis with septic appearance) is rare, leading to clinical signs similar to those seen in bacterial sepsis, lymphomas, rheumatological, or systemic autoimmune diseases. The disease can present with a fever of unknown origin, and can
We characterized urinary excretion of C3 fragments among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as a possible indicator of renal involvement. 28 patients, representing a broad range of disease activity were admitted to our study. Urinary proteins were separated on 4-20% gradient SDS-PAGE
In humans, heparin-binding protein (HBP) and the potent chemotactic lipid leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) are important mediators of innate immune responses. Here we show that human neutrophils (PMNs) challenged with LTB(4) (30 s to 5 min) release HBP as determined by Western blot analysis. This response