Re: OOPS / rheumatoid arthritis / iron

MarkD,

Why the attack? Why do you care? Who are you trying to impress?

Do you OWN this newsgroup?

GT

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And what exactly are we to make of this, how does it relate to any

body of

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theory, to what practical use is it, and toward what goal can it be
applied? Without this information it is but another random abstract
plucked from the web, one among thousands of such.

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The snip tells the tale .. the USUAL method failed to assess iron

parameters

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correctly allowing for the doctors to give her iron until it ..

seems to ..

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almost .. kill .. her ..

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The
routine method for determining serum Fe concentration in our

hospital is direct

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photoscopic assay. When we assayed serum Fe concentration by a

deproteinization

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method, it showed a higher value
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Rinsho Byori. 2000 Aug;48(8):730-3. Related Articles, Links

[A case of hemophagocytosis syndrome with excessive Fe and ferritin
concentration in serum and with a good prognosis]

[Article in Japanese]

Maekawa M, Hara K.

Clinical Laboratory, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo.

Investigation in the present case began with a high serum Fe

concentration. The

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routine method for determining serum Fe concentration in our

hospital is direct

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photoscopic assay. When we assayed serum Fe concentration by a

deproteinization

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method, it showed a higher value. We also measured serum ferritin
concentration, and suspected that high ferritin interfered with

serum Fe

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concentration. We checked the dose-dependent effect of ferritin on

serum Fe

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determination. The present case, a 64-year-old female, showed a

reduction of

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Plt count, and an elevation of LDH, CRP and so on, meeting most of

the criteria

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for hemophagocytosis syndrome. Bone marrow smears revealed

phagocytosis of

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blood cells. The present case had been followed for rheumatoid

arthritis and

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medicated with oral iron pills. In her liver and spleen, high

amounts of Fe had

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accumulated, and excessive Fe was being released into the blood by

any trigger,

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such as infection, stress, cytokine activation, and/or HPS.

Publication Types:
Case Reports

PMID: 11064596 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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