ABSTRACT
Clinical analysis of 29 cases of Graves' ophthalmopathy and 71 cases of ophthalmic Graves' disease showed that both identities had common ocular features of lid retraction, upper lid lag and exophthalmos, while Graves' ophthalmopathy tended to occur in later life, with longer morbid course, marked systemic symptoms and binocular involvement in contrast to ophthalmic Graves' disease. The clinical and differential diagnoses and treatment of the maladies were discussed.
Subject(s)
Graves Disease/diagnosis , Adult , Aged , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Graves Disease/classification , Graves Disease/therapy , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Orbit/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
The authors found in 10 cases of Graves' ophthalmopathy and 35 cases of ophthalmic Graves' disease that the IgA, IgM, IgE, Tr, and Tr/Ts were higher and Ts was lower than those of the normal controls, and IgG, IgA, Et-RFC, Tr, OKT3 and OKT4 in the two diseases differed insignificantly, while the IgM, IgE, Ts, Tr/Ts, and OKT8 differed significantly.
Subject(s)
Graves Disease/immunology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Antibodies, Monoclonal , Antibody Formation , Female , Humans , Immunity, Cellular , Immunoglobulins/analysis , Male , Middle Aged , T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology , T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunologyABSTRACT
The AFP content in sera of 11735 persons was tested by the new method-enzyme linked counter reference electrophoresis assay and the conventional method-reverse passive hemagglutination assay (RPHA). AFP level in 15 out of 11735 persons, determined by the former technique, was over the normal range, quite similar to those by radiorocket electrophoresis. A good correlation was noted between the two techniques. But by RPHA, AFP was positive only in 7/15 and gave a false positive up to 4.53% (532/11735). It is indicated that the new method is more specific and sensitive than RPHA, and more suitable for general survey of liver cancer.
