Circulating immune complexes (CIC) were determined from dog-allergic asthmatic children (n = 35) receiving immunotherapy with dog dander and hair extract. The results from CIC are expressed in SDU (standard deviation units) and presented as follows: pretreatment results (n = 20), rush results (n = 11), mid-schedule results (n = 20), maintenance results (n = 15) and the results of the placebo-treated group (n = 12). The results of the placebo-treated group (n = 12) and those of the untreated atopic (n = 12) and non-atopic (n = 14) were controls.
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August 1988
Schweiz Med Wochenschr
January 1988
The neuroleptic malignant syndrome, first described by Delay and Deniker in 1968, is a rare but severe complication of neuroleptic treatment. According to the literature the syndrome particularly affects young men undergoing rapidly intensified neuroleptic treatment ("rapid neuroleptization"). The diagnosis is based on the triad of hyperthermia, extrapyramidal signs, and autonomic dysfunction, once infectious disease has been ruled out.
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March 1987
Serum immune complex (IC) and rheumatoid factor (RF) levels of 39 patients with a transitional cell tumour of the bladder were analyzed using 4 different IC and 2 RF assays. Elevated serum immune complex and rheumatoid factor levels were observed in the majority of the patients (95%). Conglutinin-binding (KgB), C1q-binding (C1qB), platelet iodinated protein A test (PIPA) and RF-enzyme immunoassay (RF-EIA) gave positive results in 31%, 62%, 23% and 31% of the cases, respectively and separated cancer sera from normal blood donors (p less than 0.
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