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Celiac Disease Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:  Nonspecific symptoms (iron-deficiency anemia, failure to thrive, fever, skin
Celiac Disease Testing ... Immunoglobulin A • tTG IgA ... DGP IgGa • EMA ... IgA • HLA testing ... ARUPLabs #Celiac #Disease
Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APLS) Testing - Hypercoagulable Workup Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Vascular thrombosis
maternal chromosomal causes ... and IgMa • Prothrombin ... Antibody, IgGa ... Cardiolipin Antibody, IgA ... Glycoprotein 1 Antibody, IgA
Causes of False-Positive and False-Negative IGRA and TST Results

#Diagnosis #TB #Tuberculosis #Tuberculin #SkinTest #TSTs #IGRA #FalseNegatives
Causes of False-Positive ... False-Negative IGRA ... Tuberculosis #Tuberculin #SkinTest ... #TSTs #IGRA #FalseNegatives ... FalsePositives #Causes
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
transglutaminase (tTG) IgA ... negative with IgA ... patients with IgA ... patients with IgA ... specific as tTG IgA
Causes of Secondary IgA Nephropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI disorders: Celiac disease, Crohn's disease,
Causes of Secondary ... IgA Nephropathy ... Schistosomiasis • Cancers: IgA ... #Secondary #IgA ... #Nephropathy #Causes
Comprehensive pathogenesis of IgA Nephropathy (i.e Berger’s Disease). 

IgA Nephropathy is the most common cause of
pathogenesis of IgA ... IgA Nephropathy ... the most common cause ... - Why is IgA Nephropathy ... complement to IgA
Diagnosis of IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schönlein Purpura) - French Vasculitis Study Group 

1) Suggestive clinical manifestations
Diagnosis of IgA ... Elevated serum IgA ... - Dominant IgA ... - Systemic disease ... with vascular IgA
IgA Vasculitis – Henoch Scholein Purpura: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 - Infectious Agents - 50% have
IgA Vasculitis – ... immune response, IgA ... -> Decr IgA serum ... -> adhesion of IgA ... ankles) #HSP #IgA
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... , Quantitative IgA ... , IgG, IgM (CVID ... bypass), LFT (liver disease
Glomerulonephritis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
ANCA:
 • C-ANCA: GPA (Wegener's)
 • P-ANCA: Microscopic Polyangiitis, Eosinophilic GPA (Churg
Normal C3/C4 (IgA ... ): IgA Nephropathy ... diagnosis #nephrology #causes