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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54172#.VPAeaSzQrzE Author(s)   Esraa M. Bukhari 1 , Khouloud A. Al-Sofyani 1 , Mohammed Ahmed Muzaffer 2* Affiliation(s) 1 King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia . 2 Department of Pediatrics, Section of Rheumatology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia . ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to describe the common presentation, frequency, and complications of Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) in patients <18 years who were followed up at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah over the last 12 years. We performed a retrospective chart review of the medical records of all patients diagnos...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54172#.VO7e1CzQrzE Author(s)  Esraa M. Bukhari 1 , Khouloud A. Al-Sofyani 1 , Mohammed Ahmed Muzaffer 2*   Affiliation(s) 1 King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia . 2 Department of Pediatrics, Section of Rheumatology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia . ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to describe the common presentation, frequency, and complications of Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) in patients <18 years who were followed up at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah over the last 12 years. We performed a retrospective chart review of the medical records of all patients diagnosed as HSP. During this period, only 29 cases were reported (15 males, 14 females), with the mean age at the diagnosis 7.5 years. 82% percent of the patients had joint involvement in the form of arthritis or arthralgia; 17.2% had no...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53391#.VMBv-yzQrzE Author(s)     Katharina Anne Scherf * , Peter Koehler , Herbert Wieser Affiliation(s) Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Institut, Freising, Germany . ABSTRACT Celiac disease is a permanent intolerance to gluten proteins of wheat, rye, barley, and oats in genetically susceptible individuals. The clinical picture is characterized by inflammation and damage of the small intestinal mucosa and malabsorption of essential nutrients. Therapeutically, a lifelong strict gluten-free diet is necessary. The diagnosis of celiac disease is complex and includes symptomatology, serology, small intestinal histology, and genetic status. Serological testing plays a central role within the diagnostic procedure and is based on the measurement of disease-specific antibodies against gluten proteins (antigen) and tissue transgl...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51703#.VHVlzWfHRK0 Author(s)    Ana Paula Rocha da Costa , Mariana de Lira Nunes , Carina Lucena Mendes-Marques , Alzira Maria Paiva de Almeida , Nilma Cintra Leal Affiliation(s) Departamento de Microbiologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, FIOCRUZ-PE, Recife, Brazil . ABSTRACT Rapid identification and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes are required for the food industry, epidemiological studies, and disease prevention and control. However, typing procedures are labor-intensive and time-consuming, and they require technical expertise, a panel of sera and reference culture strains or sophisticated and expensiv...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47461#.VFm0hmfHRK0 Author(s) Muhammad Shakil Ahmad Siddiqui , Khan Usmanghani Affiliation(s) Rafah-e-Aam Dawakhana Ajmali (Clinics) and Rafah-e-Aam Herbal Laboratories, Karachi, Pakistan; Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan . Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan . ABSTRACT A male named Anwer Jamal, age 45 years, married, visited Clinic Rafaheaam Dawakhana Ajmali on March 29, 2013, with history of glomerulonephritis, inherited renal diseases, hypertension and previously hooked on voltaren 50 (Diclofenic Sodium, 50 mg) and was not on dialysis. Different diagnostic paramet...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50568#.VESoQFfHRK0 Author(s)    Paula Prieto-Oliveira 1 , Sérgio Vitorino Cardoso 2 , Florence Zumbaio Mistro 3 , Sérgio Kignel 3 , Suzana Cantanhede Orsini Machado de Sousa 4 , Marco Túllio Brazão-Silva 5 Affiliation(s) 1 Inter-Institutional Grad Program on Bioinformatics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil . 2 Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Uberlandia, Uberlandia, Brazil . 3 Department of Semiology, School of Dentistry, Fundação Hermínio Ometto, Araras, Brazil . 4 Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil . 5 Department of Oral Diagnosis, School of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences, University of the State of Amazonas, Manaus,...