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Urinary N-Acetyl-Beta-D-Glucosaminidase In Rheumatoid Arthritis, M P. Iqbal, A A. Ali, M A. Waqar, N Mehboobali
Urinary N-Acetyl-Beta-D-Glucosaminidase In Rheumatoid Arthritis, M P. Iqbal, A A. Ali, M A. Waqar, N Mehboobali
Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Excretion of urinary N-acetyl beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) and its isoenzyme patterns were studied in two groups of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in normal control subjects. Urine samples were collected from 30 seropositive RA patients, 19 seronegative RA patients, and 15 normal healthy subjects. All the patients and normal subjects were assessed to have normal liver and kidney functions. A small portion of the urine sample was dialyzed against 0.01 M phosphate buffer, pH 7.0 and NAG activity was monitored. Mean +/- SD values of urinary NAG in seropositive RA patients, in seronegative RA patients and in normal healthy subjects …
Detection Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis In Paraffin Embedded Intestinal Tissue Specimens By Polymerase Chain Reaction: Characterization Of Is6110 Element Negative Strains, Tariq Moatter, Shaper Mirza, Mohammad Shahid Siddiqui, Irshad Nabi Soomro
Detection Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis In Paraffin Embedded Intestinal Tissue Specimens By Polymerase Chain Reaction: Characterization Of Is6110 Element Negative Strains, Tariq Moatter, Shaper Mirza, Mohammad Shahid Siddiqui, Irshad Nabi Soomro
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Tuberculosis is still one of the most widespread infection known to mankind. Although lung is the predominant site of disease, a sizeable population in Pakistan gets intestinal disease. Clinical presentation, radiologic and endoscopic examination provide clues to the diagnosis. However, a definitive diagnosis requires biopsy material with granulomas and/or caseation complemented by acid fast staining and culture. There are many occasions when biopsy material is scanty and even in some intestinal resection cases histologic evaluation fails to confirm or rule out tuberculosis. Therefore, an investigation was conducted to assess the efficacy of PCR in the detection of mycobacterial DNA in …
Predicting Prognosis In Lung Cancer: Use Of Proliferation Marker, Ki67 Monoclonal Antibody, I N. Soomro, J Holmes, W F. Whimster
Predicting Prognosis In Lung Cancer: Use Of Proliferation Marker, Ki67 Monoclonal Antibody, I N. Soomro, J Holmes, W F. Whimster
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
An investigation was carried out to assess the prognostic significance of proliferation marker Ki67 in a group of lung cancer patients treated by surgery (limited disease). Tissue was not available for Ki67 immunostaining in inoperable group. The diagnosis is established by bronchial biopsy which does not carry enough tissue for frozen section and counting. This study is supplemented by estimating the prognostic significance of histological sub-types in the operable group and in a group of inoperable patients with extensive disease. These are usually treated by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. In all, 267 patients were studied including 105 treated by surgery. These …