Structure, function, clinical significance, and biochemistry of vitamins and related cofactors. Molecular structure (graphics). Therapeutic applications. Deficiencies and sequelae.
Hypotheses for chronic anemia in the elderly: (1) sarcopenia, with decrease in muscle mass triggering decreased red blood cell mass, oxygen utilization, and erythropoietin production; (2) declining stem cell clones related to hematopoiesis or altered stem
The underlying patho-physiology of asthma, regardless of allergic components or triggering mechanisms, is airway inflammation. At the center of this improper inflammatory reaction is the T-cell. There is increasing evidence that the underlying process dri