Introduction to iron works...The John Beard Memorial Symposium.

Indicators of the iron status of populations: free erythrocyte protoporphyrin and zinc protoporphyrin; serum and plasma iron, total iron binding capacity and transferrin saturation; and serum transferrin receptor

Reactions to the Prohibition of Wine, Drugs and Beard in Some Friendly Letters (Akhvaniat) of the 11th Century AH. / 17th Century AD.

Decrees on the prohibition of wine, drugs and beard shaving are among the most frequent social verdicts of the 11th century AH, which the quality of their execution is also mentioned in the historical sources of this period. Due to the silence of official sources about this case, the community’s point of view and public opinion about these decrees is ambiguous. The aim of this article is to ach...

Evidence for Expression of a Sugarcane PEP Carboxylase Gene That Lacks a Canonical "TATA" Transcription Control Element

S OF PAPERS Sixteenth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 10-12 April 1991 1 The Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium is held in honor of Professor Albert L. Tester, who, at the time of his death in 1974, was senior professor of zoology at the University of Hawaii. The faculty and students of the Department of Zoology proposed an annual symposium of student research papers as a means of ...

Low Dose Intravenous Ascorbic Acid for Erythropoietin- Hyporesponsive Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients with Iron Overload

Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan Chang-Gung Memorial hospital, Department of Nephrology at Linko* Received: March, 2002 Revised: April, 2002 Accepted: May, 2002 Reprint requests address: Chun-Liang Lin, MD, Department of Nephrology Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi (613) 6 West, Chia-Pu Road, Pu-tzu City, Chiayi, Taiwan Tel: (05) 3621000 ext. 2762 Fax: (...

Long-lasting neural and behavioral effects of iron deficiency in infancy.

Infants are at high risk for iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia. This review summarizes evidence of long-term effects of iron deficiency in infancy. Follow-up studies from preschool age to adolescence report poorer cognitive, motor, and social-emotional function, as well as persisting neurophysiologic differences. Research in animal models points to mechanisms for such long-lasting effe...