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Title

Anemia of chronic disease / edited by Günter Weiss, Victor R. Gordeuk, Chaim Hershko.

Publication

Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Weiss, Günter, M.D.
• Gordeuk, Victor R.
• Hershko, Chaim.

Description

xxi, 752 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book summarizes the most current research on the anemia of chronic disease and identifies effective diagnostic strategies for this common clinical condition - covering key topics related to the design and selection of therapeutic options including the treatment of the underlying disease, the biology of erythropoietin and the regulation of erythropoiesis, the disturbance of iron homeostasis, and the complex nature of the systemic inflammatory response."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Basic and clinical oncology ; 30

Uniform Title

Basic and clinical oncology ; 30.

Subject

• Anemia
• Chronic diseases > Complications
• Chronic Disease > complications

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : anemia of chronic disease : the enigma and the challenge / Chaim Hershko, Victor R. Gordeuk and Gunter Weiss -- 1. Regulation of iron metabolism / Kostas Pantopoulos -- 2. Erythropoietin and erythropoiesis / Eric Metzen and Wolfgang Jelkmann -- 3. Sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome / Herbert Tilg -- 4. Disturbances of iron homeostasis / Victoriano Mulero and Jeremy H. Brock -- 5. Inhibition of erythropoiesis by inflammatory cytokines / Robert T. Means, Jr. -- 6. Endogenous erythropoietin in the anemia of chronic disorders / Yves Beguin -- 7. Erythrophagocytosis and decreased erythrocyte survival / J. J. M. Marx -- 8. New regulator molecules in anemia of chronic diseases / Olivier Loreal and Pierre Brissot -- 9. Iron withholding as a defense strategy / Eugene D. Weinberg -- 10. Iron, iron genes, and the immune system / C. S. Cardoso, G. Weiss and M. De Sousa -- 11. Clinical approach to the patient with anemia of chronic disease / Victor R. Gordeuk -- 12. Usefulness of old and new diagnostic tests in ACD / Kari Punnonen and Allan Rajamaki -- 13. Treatment of ACD : an introduction / Gunter Weiss -- 14. Human recombinant erythropoietin / Hanspreet Kaur, Alan Lichtin and Deepjot Singh -- 15. Iron therapy and the anemia of chronic disease / Victor R. Gordeuk -- 16. Blood transfusions / Eleftherios C. Vamvakas -- 17. Iron and erythropoietin / Lawrence T. Goodnough -- 18. Positive effects of correction of anemia in malignant diseases / Gudrun Pohl and Heinz Ludwig -- 19. Putative negative effects of the correction of anemia in ACD / Gunter Weiss -- 20. Anemia of chronic disease in hematologic disorders and oncology / Robert T. Means and Gordon D. McLaren -- 21. Anemia in cancer patients undergoing surgery / D. Ofner -- 22. Iron status, anemia of chronic disease, and infection / Johan R. Boelaert -- 23. ACD in inflammatory rheumatic diseases / J. P. Kaltwasser and U. Arndt -- 24. Anemia in intensive care patients / Albert van de Wiel -- 25. Anemia in renal disease / Jorge Luis Ajuria, Paul L. Kimmel and Robert S. Siegel -- 26. Anemia of chronic disease in inflammatory bowel diseases / Christoph Gasche.

ISBN

0824759729 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2005044029
• 9780824759728

OCLC

• ocm59227074
• SCSB-5182980

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries