Rapid Plasma Reagin Test

 

 

The Rapid Plasma Reagin test is a non-treponemal, macroscopic, flocculation-charcoal card agglutination test developed in the 1950s and 60s to screen for syphilis.

 It acts as a faster, more accessible improvement on the VDRL (Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) test by detecting reaginic antibodies—which arise from tissue damage caused by T. pallidum—using cardiolipin antigen, charcoal particles, and choline chloride.

 

 

 

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Retts Syndrome

 

                                                        Andreas Rett = Retts Syndrome

  The condition was first described by Austrian pediatrician Andreas Rett in 1966. 

 

 

 

Bengt Hagberg 

 

 

 In 1983, Swedish neurologist Bengt Hagberg and colleagues published a landmark paper in English.

 

 This brought global attention to the disorder, which was then named Rett syndrome in honor of Andreas Rett.

 

 

 

 

 

 

History Of Retts Syndrome 

 

Retts Syndrome 

 

PARTIAL OR COMPLETE LOSS OF SPEECH

 

 

 

 

 

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World Voice Day

 

                                                    Human Larynx  = Voice Production

 

 

 

 Visualising Vocal Cords

 

Vocal Cords Adduction = Voice

 

 

 

 

Voice In The Bible 

 

 Religion = Voice 

 

 

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World Voice Day

 

Religion = Voice

 

Voices Of The Past Are There In The Present 

 

 

 

 

 

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NMP 22

 

                                                      Diagnostic Test For Bladder Cancer 

                        

                                                                                 NMP 22 

 NMP22 is a protein found in the nuclear matrix of cells. When cells die (especially cancer cells), they release this protein into the urine. Patients with bladder cancer tend to have higher levels of NMP22 in urine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pompe Disease

 

                                                                         Pompe Disease  

                           First described by Dutch pathologist Joannes Cassianus Pompe 

 

 

 He reported a fatal case in an infant with:

• Massive heart enlargement (cardiomegaly)
• Muscle weakness

 

 

 

  

 

Current Events

 

International Pompe Disease Day is observed every year on April 15 to raise awareness about Pompe disease, a rare genetic disorder.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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