A 69-year-old-woman presented with acute epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting and heartburn. Endoscopy disclosed acute gastric mucosal lesions including mucosal edema, erosions, and ulcers with blood crusts in the antrum. Touch cytology and histological assessment obtained from the affected mucosa ...
Heavy iron overload, as occurs in primary (hereditary) or secondary forms of hemochromatosis, may cause cirrhosis, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma. In addition, iron has been shown to be a contributory factor in the development or progression of alcoholic liver disease, nonalcoholic ...
Furthermore, DIOS may facilitate the evolution to type 2 diabetes by altering beta-cell function, the progression of cardiovascular disease by contributing to the recruitment and activation of macrophages within arterial lesions, and the natural history of liver disease by inducing oxidative stress in ...
CANBERRA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- People with too much iron are more likely to contract diabetes and liver disease according to a joint study released on Friday. While the medical issues associated with an iron deficiency have been well-documented, the study by researchers from the University of ...
Within the first few weeks of life, about half of ferritin Fe was mobilized and exported, illustrating the importance of Fereleaseas well as Festoragein liver function. Additional ferritin Fe was used to generate mitochondrial Fe centres. Fromca.4 weeks of age to the end of the mouse's ...
1. A method of treating a patient suffering from liver disease, said patient not treatable with phlebotomy or a unresponsive to anti-viral therapy, comprising administering an effective amount of Compound I of the following formula: 2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the liver disease...
As the main organ of storing excess iron,liver is the first target organ damage when iron overload.However,the relation between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and iron overload is still controversial.More and more studies have shown that iron overload in the development of nonalcoholic fatty ...
The same tests were not significantly different when black and nonblack women were compared. Likely causes of the laboratory abnormalities are occult inflammation and occult liver disease, but a primary disorder of iron metabolism is also possible. 展开 ...
Global burden of disease in young people aged 10-24 years: a systematic analysis The main risk factors for incident DALYs in 10-24-year-olds were alcohol (7% of DALYs), unsafe sex (4%), iron deficiency (3%), lack of contraception (2%), and illicit drug use (2%).The health of ...
The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of serum iron biochemical abnormalities and iron deposits in the liver of chronic HBV patients, and to evaluate the consequences for the activity and severity of liver disease. Additionally, we studied the role of HFE gene mutations ...