With passion for rheumatology! Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases encompass a wide range of different inflammatory joint, tissue and vascular diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis. They are diagnosed on the clinical history, imaging techniques, and serological tests. Antibody detection is a useful diagnostic tool and can provide essential information for […]
Well prepared for the flu season: diagnostics in the interest of public health At regular intervals, sometimes daily, the latest influenza figures are published. National health authorities around the world collect a variety of patient data. The data are compared with each other or with data from the previous week or from the same time
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune-mediated myasthenic disorder with the main symptom of exertion-related muscle weakness. The disease results from functional loss of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChR) at the motor end plate due to attacks of different autoantibodies (AAb). Autoantibodies against nicotinic AChR are detected in around 80% of MG patients. AAb against muscle-specific
At the end of last year, EUROIMMUN and Xpedite Diagnostics announced the start of a strategic partnership. Now the time has come: EUROArray SwiftX-traction is a rapid extraction procedure enabling the isolation of pathogen DNA for further analysis using EUROIMMUN’s EUROArrays. It has been especially developed for EUROIMMUN and is now approved worldwide for diagnostic
Currently, many patients are presenting themselves at the doctor’s with symptoms of the common cold, such as cough, runny nose, headache and fever. These symptoms are typical of this time of year and can be caused by a number of different pathogens. In many cases, only differential diagnostics can help to identify the pathogen and
