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Jun 2nd, 2021 - An analysis of published data appertaining to the cytokine storms of COVID-19, H1N1 influenza, cytokine release syndrome (CRS), and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) reveals many common immunological and biochemical abnormalities. These include...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Iron is essential for survival and proliferation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an obligatory intracellular bacterium that causes an emerging zoonosis, human monocytic ehrlichiosis. However, how Ehrlichia acquires iron in the host cells is poorly under...

May 30th, 2021 - Lysosomal β-glucocerebrosidase (GBA) deficiency causes Gaucher disease (GD), a recessive disorder caused by bi-allelic mutations in GBA. The prevalence of GD is associated with ethnicity, but largely unknown and potentially underestimated in many ...

May 29th, 2021 - This study aims to assess the relationship between oxidative DNA damage and iron status in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) compared to those with normal glucose tolerance in the first and the second trimesters of pregnancy. Maternal...

May 29th, 2021 - Studies have shown that serum ferritin (SF) has unfavourable prognostic value in hepatobiliary and pancreas (HBP) cancers. This meta-analysis aimed to comprehensively assess the prognostic role of pretreatment SF in patients with HBP cancers. Elig...

Aug 21st, 2019 - Heavy menstrual bleeding is defined as excessive menstrual blood loss that interferes with a woman's physical, social, emotional, or material quality of life. If obstetrician–gynecologists suspect that a patient has a bleeding disorder, they shoul...

Aug 1st, 2019 - Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is one of the most common genetic disorders among persons of northern European descent. There have been recent advances in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of HH. The availability of molecular diagnostic tes...

Jan 23rd, 2019 - Deferasirox is an oral iron‐chelating agent having possible antileukemia and immune modulatory effects. Few reports have evaluated deferasirox in the setting of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo‐HSCT). We investigated the im...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - An analysis of published data appertaining to the cytokine storms of COVID-19, H1N1 influenza, cytokine release syndrome (CRS), and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) reveals many common immunological and biochemical abnormalities. These include...

Jun 2nd, 2021 - Iron is essential for survival and proliferation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis, an obligatory intracellular bacterium that causes an emerging zoonosis, human monocytic ehrlichiosis. However, how Ehrlichia acquires iron in the host cells is poorly under...

May 30th, 2021 - Lysosomal β-glucocerebrosidase (GBA) deficiency causes Gaucher disease (GD), a recessive disorder caused by bi-allelic mutations in GBA. The prevalence of GD is associated with ethnicity, but largely unknown and potentially underestimated in many ...

May 29th, 2021 - This study aims to assess the relationship between oxidative DNA damage and iron status in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) compared to those with normal glucose tolerance in the first and the second trimesters of pregnancy. Maternal...

May 29th, 2021 - Studies have shown that serum ferritin (SF) has unfavourable prognostic value in hepatobiliary and pancreas (HBP) cancers. This meta-analysis aimed to comprehensively assess the prognostic role of pretreatment SF in patients with HBP cancers. Elig...

Nov 16th, 2020 - In November 2020, the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society published guidelines for biochemical monitoring and micronutrient replacement in patients who undergo bariatric surgery.[1] Preoperative Nutritional Assessment A comprehensive nut...

Nov 16th, 2020 - In November 2020, the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society published guidelines for biochemical monitoring and micronutrient replacement in patients who undergo bariatric surgery.[1] Preoperative Nutritional Assessment A comprehensive nut...

Sep 29th, 2020 - The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) published clinical practice guidelines on iron deficiency anemia on August 15, 2020.[1,2] The AGA recommendations for iron deficiency anemia include the following: In patients with anemia, a cutof...

Jul 12th, 2020 - Intravenous iron replacement is recommended for patients with heart failure and ferritin levels < 100 ng/mL or 100-300 ng/mL if TSAT is < 20%, for improvement of functional status and quality of life. Treatment of iron deficiency should be conside...

Jul 12th, 2020 - Serum ferritin is a blood marker for evaluating intracellular stored iron status. Because it is an acute-phase protein, however, its levels may increase in circulation in the presence of inflammation; as a result, it may be difficult to ascertain ...