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Abstract Chronic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion sustains patients with diverse hematologic disorders, but repeated transfusion leads to iron overload and alloimmunization. Reducing transfusion burden requires identifying donor units that circulate more effectively after storage, yet determinants of this variability remain incompletely defined.
James C. Zimring +13 more
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Erythropoiesis in health and disease: Distinguishing defective and ineffective erythropoiesis
Abstract Erythropoiesis is a finely regulated process ensuring continuous red blood cell production to maintain oxygen delivery. Disruptions in this process give rise to defective erythropoiesis, characterized by impaired lineage commitment and progenitor development, and ineffective erythropoiesis (IE), marked by expansion of erythroid progenitors ...
Sara El Hoss +3 more
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Approximately 27% of erosive oral lichen planus (EOLP) patients have serum anti-gastric parietal cell antibody (GPCA) positivity. This study assessed whether serum GPCA or EOLP itself was a significant factor that caused hematinic deficiencies and anemia
Julia Yu-Fong Chang +5 more
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Background Dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis (DHS) or hereditary xerocytosis is a rare, autosomal dominant hemolytic anemia characterized by macrocytosis, presence of stomatocytes and dehydration of red blood cells (RBCs). The dehydration is caused by
Daniele Zama +6 more
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What Is Your Diagnosis? Multiple Subcutaneous Lumps in a Horse
Veterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.
Federica Meistro +4 more
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Exploring low haemoglobin density as a no‐added‐cost screening marker to assess iron deficiency
Abstract Background and Objectives Iron deficiency (ID), with or without anaemia, affects over 1 billion people globally. Early detection is essential, but current diagnostic tools may be costly, logistically complex and not widely accessible. This study evaluates low haemoglobin density percentage (LHD%), derived from mean corpuscular haemoglobin ...
Jesse Qiao, Sherif Rezk, Gagan Mathur
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Vitamin B12 deficiency may present with a myriad of symptoms. Rarely, skin hyperpigmentation may be the sole initial manifestation of this micronutrient deficiency, which can easily be overlooked, leading to delayed diagnosis. This case report describes a 32‐year‐old Ghanaian male who presented with a 4‐year history of progressive darkening of the ...
Prosper Adjei +4 more
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Background/purpose: Previous studies showed that approximately 13–15% of male oral submucous fibrosis (OSF) patients are serum gastric parietal cell antibody (GPCA)-positive.
Chun-Pin Chiang +5 more
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Background Traditional Indian medicine has been used to treat a variety of illnesses for centuries. However, there are existing concerns surrounding its heavy metal content. Amongst the different systems of traditional Indian medicine, Ayurvedic medicine has been most frequently implicated in heavy metal toxicity, while Siddha medicine has only very ...
Zhibin Tan +8 more
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Introduction Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord is a rare cause of demyelination of the dorsal and lateral columns of the spinal cord and is a neurological complication of vitamin B12 deficiency.
Tizniti Siham +6 more
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