Results: 47

Anticuerpo anti-transglutaminasa tisular en adultos con enfermedad celíaca y su relación con la presencia y duración de la dieta libre de gluten

Introducción: El anticuerpo IgA anti-transglutaminasa tisular 2 (tTG2) es un marcador relevante de la enfermedad celíaca. La utilidad de la determinación de IgA anti-tTG2 está bien establecida para el diagnóstico de la patología, sin embargo su uso para el seguimiento de pacientes con dieta libre d...

Potencial associação da doença celíaca com anemia ferropriva refratária em crianças e adolescentes

Arq. gastroenterol; 55 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Celiac disease is an enteropathy caused by dietary gluten. The combination of serologic, genetic and histologic data has led to description of other categories of this disease. OBJECTIVE: There are a number of patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) that do not respond to iron t...

Diagnostic value of α-enolase expression and serum α-enolase autoantibody levels in lung cancer

J. bras. pneumol; 44 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the diagnostic value of α-enolase (ENO1) and serum ENO1 autoantibody levels in lung cancer. Methods: Immunohistochemistry staining and ELISA were performed to detect ENO1 expression in lung tissue and serum ENO1 autoantibody levels, respectively. Results: The ex...

Percutaneous laser ablation of benign thyroid nodules: a one year follow-up study

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 16 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate safety and effectiveness of nodule volume reduction and thyroid function after percutaneous laser ablation treatment in patients with benign nonfunctioning thyroid nodules. Methods Prospective single-center study, from January 2011 to October 2012, which evaluated 30 eu...

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in dermatomyositis: a case series and literature review

OBJECTIVES: To describe a case series of spontaneous pneumomediastinum in dermatomyositis and to review the literature. METHODS: This was a retrospective single-center case series, reporting 9 patients with pneumomediastinum and defined dermatomyositis, followed from 2005 to 2017. RESULTS: Median age o...

Prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in patients with systematic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Cross-sectional study

Säo Paulo med. j; 135 (6), 2017
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Thyroid autoimmunity is more common in patients with rheumatic diseases than in healthy populations. The degree of association seems subject to influence from patients' geographical location. Here, we aimed to ascertain the prevalence of thyroid autoantibodies in a cohort of patien...

MOG-IgG associated optic neuritis is not multiple sclerosis

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 75 (10), 2017
ABSTRACT Autoantibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG-IgG) have been reported in patients with inflammatory central nervous system disorders including isolated optic neuritis (ON). We compared our MOG-IgG ON patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) patients presenting with ON. Methods and...

Anti-TTG entre crianças com constipação funcional crônica não responsivas após 6 semanas de tratamento da constipação

Arq. gastroenterol; 54 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Celiac disease is a glutten induced enteropathy. Some authors recommended screening celiac in children with constipation. There are studies to evaluate celiac disease in children with constipation. But most of them included children regardless to treatment failure. OBJECTIVE The a...

Clinical impact of thyroglobulin (Tg) and Tg autoantibody (TgAb) measurements in needle washouts of neck lymph node biopsies in the management of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma

ABSTRACT Objectives The presence of thyroglobulin (Tg) in needle washouts of fine needle aspiration biopsy (Tg-FNAB) in neck lymph nodes (LNs) suspected of metastasis has become a cornerstone in the follow-up of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). However, there are limited data regarding ...