Monoarthritic immune-mediated disease occasionally affects only the elbow joint. Systemic infections with joint involvement usually present as polyarthritis, and the pathogenesis often has both an infectious and immune-mediated component. In addition, antigenic bacterial fragments may perpetuate inflammation ...
The present method incorporates a parasite tube 40, illustrated in FIG. 2A, that is attached to the outside wall of the intermediate casing 42 and enters the casing through an elbow joint at a point of intersection 54 near the vertical section bottom 31 of the intermediate casing 42. The ...
The patient from whom the fluid is collected should be positioned appropriately, i.e., on the side with legs bent at the knee joint and arms bent at the elbow joint, drawn to the chest. Lumbar puncture in an adult should be made between the 3rd and 4th or 4th and 5th intervertebral ...