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Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Used Diagnostic Tests ... reliable noninvasive test ... first-level screening test ... transglutaminase (tTG) IgG ... Diagnosis #Workup #Table
You’ll notice there is an IgM and an IgG core antibody. The presence of IgM anti-HBc
and an IgG core ... The presence of IgG ... because the two tests ... commonly run in the clinical ... and IgG anti-HBc
Thomas' Test for Hip Flexure Contracture

Thomas' Test assesses for hip flexure contracture.
One hip is maximally flexed
Thomas' Test for ... Thomas' Test ... assesses for hip ... rises off the table ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Causes of Secondary IgA Nephropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI disorders: Celiac disease, Crohn's disease,
Causes of Secondary IgA ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... NASH • Viruses: HIV ... , CMV, Hep B and ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Celiac Disease Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:  Nonspecific symptoms (iron-deficiency anemia, failure to thrive, fever, skin
Disease Testing Algorithm ... and weight loss) Tests ... • tTG IgG and ... DGP IgGa • EMA ... Disease #Testing #Algorithm
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Risks factor for HIV ... peripheral blood smear, HIV ... K), H. pylori test ... thyroid function test ... , IgG, IgM (CVID
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... Mycoplasma, EBV, HIV ... Donath-Landsteiner (IgG ... • Diagnostic Test ... Donath-Landsteiner test
Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
the patient's hips ... The test is positive ... Pace #Maneuver #Test ... Piriformis #Syndrome #clinical ... #physicalexam #hip
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Nucleic Acid test ... the first test to ... can be detected (IgG ... /IgM-sensitive HIV ... -1 antibody test
IGG-4 RELATED DISEASE

WHAT?
 • A chronic, immune-mediated fibroinflammatory disease with tumefactive infiltration of IgG4+ plasma cells
IGG-4 RELATED DISEASE ... specific) COMMON CLINICAL ... Pancreas: Type 1 AIP ... PSC; often with AIP ... Essential Criteria: Clinical