Oct 13, 2016 19:44
7 yrs ago
German term
United States
IWAN
German to English
Medical
Medical (general)
Blood, laboratory testing
In a long list of lab tests, in German for a patient suffering seizures (possibly epilepsy), this abbreviation appears. I have never seen it before. The unit of measurement is % and no reference range is listed. The patient tested as 0 for IWAN.
To show context in the list, the substance tested before IWAN is FRAG, which I've translated as fibrinogen-related antigen, and the one after is ALCO, which I've translated as blood alcohol content.
Appreciate any help since I have no clue. Googling usually brings up the proper name Ivan or Iwan.
Thanks!
Stephen
To show context in the list, the substance tested before IWAN is FRAG, which I've translated as fibrinogen-related antigen, and the one after is ALCO, which I've translated as blood alcohol content.
Appreciate any help since I have no clue. Googling usually brings up the proper name Ivan or Iwan.
Thanks!
Stephen
References
| Just a wild guess |
Gudrun Maydorn (X)
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Reference comments
20 hrs
Reference:
Just a wild guess
Could IWAN possibly be "inkomplette Wärmeautoantikörper", also called "inkomplette Wärmeantikörper" or "inkomplette Autohämantikörper"? They are mentioned in the following link:
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/384078
Autoimmunhämolytische Anämie durch inkomplette Wärmeantikörper vom Typ IgG
http://www.med2click.de/autoimmunhaemolytische-anaemie-durch...
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a collective term for several diseases characterized by autoantibody-initiated destruction of red blood cells (RBCs). Exact subclassification is essential. We provide a review of the respective types of AIHA with emphasis on mechanisms of RBC destruction, focusing in particular on complement involvement. Complement activation plays a definitive but limited role in warm-antibody AIHA (w-AIHA), whereas primary cold agglutinin disease (CAD), secondary cold agglutinin syndrome (CAS), and paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH) are entirely complement-dependent disorders.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326213/
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Note added at 20 Stunden (2016-10-14 16:39:38 GMT)
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Positive trypsin-Coombs reaction due to the presence of an incomplete warm antibody in normal human serum.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14349592
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/384078
Autoimmunhämolytische Anämie durch inkomplette Wärmeantikörper vom Typ IgG
http://www.med2click.de/autoimmunhaemolytische-anaemie-durch...
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a collective term for several diseases characterized by autoantibody-initiated destruction of red blood cells (RBCs). Exact subclassification is essential. We provide a review of the respective types of AIHA with emphasis on mechanisms of RBC destruction, focusing in particular on complement involvement. Complement activation plays a definitive but limited role in warm-antibody AIHA (w-AIHA), whereas primary cold agglutinin disease (CAD), secondary cold agglutinin syndrome (CAS), and paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria (PCH) are entirely complement-dependent disorders.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326213/
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Note added at 20 Stunden (2016-10-14 16:39:38 GMT)
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Positive trypsin-Coombs reaction due to the presence of an incomplete warm antibody in normal human serum.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14349592
Discussion
I like Gudrun's suggestion and actually have already used it as translator's note.
Stephen