Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to V Saini.
A case of ulcertaive colitis on long-term corticosteroid therapy presenting with mediastinal widening and diagnosed to have mediastinal lipomatosis an thoracic computed tomography is presented.
A case of wood smoke inhalation related lung disease presenting with miliary mottling on radiography is described. Transbronchial lung biopsy showed the presence of coal macules.
Antibody (IgM) response to PGL-1, a surface glycolipid unique to Mycobacterium leprae has been studied in 25 cases each of lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy and in 25 healthy controls. The absorbance value at 488 nm was expressed as antibody titre. Serum antibody titre was found to be significantly higher in patients than controls. Results confirm that antibody response in leprosy patients depend upon bacterial load.