OBJECTIVES:toinvestigate the sample stabilitywith regard to the temperatureand the storage time and to detect influence of temperature and storage duration on Prothrombin time in citrated plasma. PATIENTS AND METHOD:This study was carried out in the period between April, 2016 and March, 2017 in the department of clinical pathology, Sohag University Hospital, Sohag, Egypt, during the study period whole blood samples ... Read more

Connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are systemic autoimmune disorders characterized by a large spectrum of clinical features and multisystemic involvement. Connective tissue disease is any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a target of pathology. Connective tissue is any type of biological tissue with an extensive extracellular matrix that supports, binds together, and protects organs. These tissues ... Read more

this work aims to investigate role of HLA-DRB1 alleles and anti-HLA-G in the development of acute leukemia in Egypt, patients and methods, (40) patients with acute leukemia aged from 4 to 60 years (23 male and 17 female), and 20 healthy subjects of the same age and sex as a control, ethical review board approved the work , , results ... Read more

The association between HLA and various hematological malignancies has been studied extensively and the rate of expression of certain HLA alleles is considered among the factors of susceptibility to develop leukemia. In our study, we examine the associations of HLA-DQB1 alleles a with patients with acute leukemia in a case–control study involving 40 cases and 20 controls. The analysis of ... Read more