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<Articles JournalTitle="Acta Medica Iranica">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Acta Medica Iranica</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>0044-6025</Issn>
      <Volume>23</Volume>
      <Issue>1-2</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>1981</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">EFFECT OF LEVAMISOLE ON POTENTIATION OF CELL MEDIATED IMMNITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS</title>
    <FirstPage>1</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>16</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName></FirstName>
        <LastName>MASSOUD A</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US"></affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName></FirstName>
        <LastName>DAVAICHI F</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US"></affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName></FirstName>
        <LastName>EMADI H</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US"></affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2015</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>28</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">The leukocyte mi gration test (LHT) in the prese nce of na t i v e IgG, and l l e v amis ole were studi ed in 9 patients su f f e ring from cla s s i c a l r h e umatoid ar.thri t i s be f o r e a nd after treatment with l evamisole . Fi f teen heal thy b l o od dono rs we r e s i mi l a r ly l nvestig ated a s cont r o ls .
T- l ympho c yte s ub-popu lations (To ta l a nd active) a nd B-c el l s were als o measured i n both g r o ups simult ane ous l y by E a nd EAC- rosette fo rma t ion Th e results show a significantly diminished leukocyte i nh i b i t o r y fac tor (LIP) i n t he p r e sence of nativ a IgG after trea tment wi t h l e v ami s o l e a nd a signifi c a nt inc r e a s e o f active T- c ells in th i s g roup o f patie n t s. In add i t i o n a f t e r treatment tIle Inigration i nde x
show an increase i n t he presence o f l e v ami s o l e. We have a lso o b s e r v e d a good cor r e l a t ion between the clinical response o f l e vami sole and ou r immunological d a t a.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/145</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/download/145/141</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
