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Stains Induce Apoptosis and Autophagy in Primary and Transformed Mast Cells [PDF]
, 2016 Statin drugs are widely employed in the clinic to reduce serum low density lipoproteins (LDLs) in patients with hypocholesteremia. In addition to their cholesterol-lowering effects through HMG CoA reductase antagonism, isoprenyl lipids necessary for ...
Paez, Patrick A
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Transfusion Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background Haemoglobin plays a crucial role in oxygen transport, and any acute deviation will trigger compensatory hemodynamic functions. While the consequences of anaemia are well documented, the effects of haemoglobin reduction in individuals without anaemia remain less explored. Patients with polycythaemia vera and healthy blood donors, who
Rik P. B. Tonino +3 more
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The effect of therapeutic phlebotomy for hemochromatosis on non-suicidal self-injury: A case report [PDF]
The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 2018 Background Self-phlebotomy has been described as a form of non-suicidal self-injury. However, a relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and therapeutic phlebotomy for hemochromatosis has not previously been described. Case presentation: We present a case of a 52-year-old man in whom the frequency of his therapeutic phlebotomy and non-suicidal ...
Newham, BJC, Khanna, R
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The medicinal use of leeches in Malta [PDF]
, 2002 The medical practice based on the Greek doctrine of the four humors considered that disease was due to alterations in the composition of these humors, and therapy was therefore based on attempting to restore the balance.
Savona-Ventura, Charles +2 more
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Vox Sanguinis, EarlyView.Abstract Background and Objectives While deferral due to low haemoglobin (Hb) is known to affect donor return, how donors react to and manage low Hb is less well understood. This paper aims to (1) describe donor activities to manage low Hb, and (2) examine donor knowledge, recalled emotions, satisfaction and potential concerns, and to determine their ...
Amanda Thijsen +3 more
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Journal of Education, Health and SportIntroduction: Hereditary hemochromatosis is the most common genetic disorder in Northern Europe. It involves an overload of iron in the tissues due to a deficiency of the protein hepcidin.
Dominika Prystacka-Szar +9 more
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Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2016 Introduction: Hereditary hemochromatosis features a dysregulated iron absorption leading to iron overload and organ damage. The regulation of total hemoglobin mass during depletion of iron deposits by therapeutic phlebotomy has not been studied.
Nina Wrobel +4 more
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Novel therapeutics in myeloproliferative neoplasms
Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2020 Hyperactive signaling of the Janus-Associated Kinase/Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (JAK/STAT) pathway is central to the pathogenesis of Philadelphia-chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), i.e., polycythemia vera (PV),
Sangeetha Venugopal, John Mascarenhas
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Emerging agents and regimens for polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia
Biomarker Research, 2021 Polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) are both driven by JAK-STAT pathway activation and consequently much of the recent research efforts to improve the management and outcomes of patients with these neoplasms have centered around ...
Rory M. Shallis, Nikolai A. Podoltsev
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Skin Fragility and Hyperpigmentation in a Patient With HIV
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Catalina Retamal +2 more
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