THE INVESTIGATION OF ANAEMIA AND THE ANAEMIA OF CHRONIC DISEASE

Angola is one of the southern African countries with the highest prevalence of anaemia. Identifying anaemia determinants is an important step for the design of evidence-based control strategies.

In the second trimester of pregnancy, systemic vascular resistance decreases and this is associated with a fall in blood pressure. During pregnancy, a blood pressure of 140/90 mmHg is considered to be abnormally elevated and is associated wi[r]

This study investigated whether patients with acquired haemolytic anaemia (AHA) would have elevated cancer risk including that for non-haematological solid tumours. We further examined whether the cancer risk would be different between patients with autoimmune type AHA (AIHA) and patients of non-AIH[r]

We aimed to assess the association between inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) and the risk of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Several studies on the use of erythropoietin (Epo) to treat anaemia in patients undergoing cancer treatment have shown adverse effects on tumour control and survival. Experimental studies indicate that this could be linked to an interaction with wound healing processes and not an effect on tumour ce[r]

The development of both chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer (LC) is influenced by smoking related chronic pulmonary inflammation caused by an excessive innate immune response to smoke exposure.

The present investigation entitled efficacy of Hexaconazole (Contaf) on Alternaria leaf spot of wheat was proposed with the objective to evaluate the efficacy of Hexaconazole (Contaf) treatments on disease intensity.

Pole bean, an important vegetable crop is becoming susceptible for yellow mosaic virus disease transmitted by whiteflies throughout the year. The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of different integrated approaches for the management of the disease.

Specific molecular mechanisms accounting for tissue invasion by fungal and protozoal pathogens are less well described. Except for studies pointing to factors like capsule and melanin production by C. neoformans and (possibly) levels of c[r]

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common respiratory condition characterised by dyspnoea during daily life. As the disease progresses, people with COPD can experience poor quality of life, reduced exercise capacity, worsening of symptoms and increased hospital admissions.

Downy mildew caused by Pseudoperonospora cubensis is one of the most widely spread and economically important disease of cucumber. The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of different fungicides and biocontrol agents for the management of the disease. Soil application of T[r]

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a chronic neuro-degenerative disruption of the brain which involves in large scale transcriptomic variation. The disease does not impact every regions of the brain at the same time, instead it progresses slowly involving somewhat sequential interaction with different regi[r]

INTRODUCTION

1. The urgency of the thesis
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable and treatable disease, characterized by airway obstruction, which progresses gradually to be more serious. According to the World Health Organization, COPD will stand by 2020. third in[r]

This study was designed to investigate the impact of liver cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on the disease-free and overall survival of ovarian cancer patients undergoing a standard primary operation followed by standard chemotherapy.

The associations between pulmonary diseases (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], and tuberculosis [TB]) and subsequent lung cancer risk have been reported, but few studies have investigated the association with different histologic types of lung cancer.

Bitter gourd (Momordica charantiaL.) is an important cucurbitaceous plant in which the deleterious diseases namely vascular wilt, damping off occurs commonly and causes 30 to 50 percent losses in crop. The present investigation was aimed to study the morphological and molecular characterization of d[r]

Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (E. F. Smith) is one of the devastating disease with global distribution affecting brinjal. The disease affects solanaceous vegetables in most states of India. Investigation on survey and collection of bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) isolates f[r]

We performed perfusion scintigraphy in 12 patients, finding variable degrees of hypoperfusion, TABLE 3- Final diagnosis for the 25 patients with chronic interstitial lung disease and met[r]

The increasing trend of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in becoming the third leading cause of deaths by 2020 is of great concern, globally as well as in India. Dysregulation of protease/antiprotease balance in COPD has been reported to cause tissue destruction, inflammation and airway[r]

Fruit rot of brinjal caused by Alternaria alternata is an important disease of eggplant inflicting heavy losses. The present investigation was carried out to test the efficacy of fungicides, botanicals and bio-agents in vitro. Among fungicides tested, tebuconazole, difenconazole showed 100 per cent[r]