The rheumatoid factor (RF) is frequently ordered in an effort to detect disease, yet its diagnostic utility has not been thoroughly examined. To determine the test's sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value, we analyzed tests ordered in our institution.We ...
Reports on a study to determine the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of the rheumatoid factor (RH), as cited from Archives of Internal Medicine, 1992; 152:2417-2420. Retrospective analysis of tests ordered; False-positive results; Greater diagnostic utility of the RF when results are...
Researchers believe that there are many ways to induce or increase the risk of cancer. Increased body fat content is directly related to increased levels of inflammation, increased estrogen release, and decreased insulin sensitivity. In obese people, the levels of insulin, insulin-like growth factor...
Drug-Induced LupusFound in people who have reactions to other medicationsCauses blurred vision, joint issues, and sensitivity to sunlight Compare RatesStart Now → As you can tell, many symptoms are common to multiple types of lupus, which makes determining a proper diagnosis difficult. ...
In order to target interventions to individual patients and to improve their health and prevent disease, the screening of populations or specific subgroups provides the possibility to determine individual susceptibility to common multifactorial disorders. Screening is targeted at populations that are not ...
Finally, future work could explore proximal molecular mediators (e.g., breast tissue gene expression and methylation) to determine if early-life and adult adiposity have different effects on breast biology, which would be a critical step in deciphering the protective effect investigated in this work...
A health care professional may take a number of different approaches todeal with erection problems, depending on the different causes of the problem. Some patients may require a blood test to determine if they are suffering from impotence; while other patients may be diagnosed through physical exam...
Whereas the sensory quality of pickles is the cornerstone to determine the consumer acceptability, Table 5 shows the common sensory pickling problems and how to solve them. Table 4. Sensory acceptability of some fermented pickles. Type of fermented foodSensory evaluationReferences Pickles from fresh ...
aggregates before sampling. The physical and chemical factors that determine the stability of proteins or trigger their aggregation have long been the subject of research in the pharmaceutical and biochemical fields. Agitation, temperature, pH and ionic strength are known to induce protein aggregation1...
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The present meta-analysis aimed to determine whether well-validated human complex disorder susceptibility genes show differences in gene expression between normal and pathologic tissues. Therefore, the published literature was first screened to select well-validated gene-disease ...