Keck School Faculty

Covid-19, Vaccine Hesitancy, and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Black sexual minority men J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 Sep 15. . View in PubMed

Splenic iron decreases without change in volume or liver parameters during luspatercept therapy Blood. 2023 Sep 13. . View in PubMed

Brain BOLD and NIRS response to hyperoxic challenge in sickle cell disease and chronic anemias Magn Reson Imaging. 2023 07; 100:26-35. . View in PubMed

Management of luspatercept therapy in patients with transfusion-dependent ß-thalassaemia Br J Haematol. 2023 06; 201(5):824-831. . View in PubMed

Consensus definition of essential, optimal, and suggested components of a pediatric sickle cell disease center Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 01; 70(1):e29961. . View in PubMed

Consensus guidelines for diagnosis and management of anemia in epidermolysis bullosa Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2023 02 23; 18(1):38. . View in PubMed

Monkeypox-Related Stigma and Vaccine Challenges as a Barrier to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Black Sexual Minority Men Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 07 08; 20(14). . View in PubMed

Luspatercept for the treatment of anaemia in non-transfusion-dependent ß-thalassaemia (BEYOND): a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, multicentre, placebo-controlled trial Lancet Haematol. 2022 Oct; 9(10):e733-e744. . View in PubMed

Effects of B1+ Heterogeneity on Spin Echo-Based Liver Iron Estimates J Magn Reson Imaging. 2022 05; 55(5):1419-1425. . View in PubMed

Early initiation of disease-modifying therapy can impede or prevent diffuse myocardial fibrosis in sickle cell anemia Blood. 2022 09 15; 140(11):1322-1324. . View in PubMed

A Peer-Led Online Community to Increase HIV Self-Testing Among African American and Latinx MSM: A Randomized Controlled Trial J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2022 05 01; 90(1):20-26. . View in PubMed

Identifying elevated risk for future pain crises in sickle-cell disease using photoplethysmogram patterns measured during sleep: A machine learning approach Front Digit Health. 2021 Jul; 3. . View in PubMed

Concordance with comprehensive iron assessment, hepatitis A vaccination, and hepatitis B vaccination recommendations among patients with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia receiving chronic transfusions: an analysis from the Centers for Disease Control haemoglobinopathy blood safety project Br J Haematol. 2021 12; 195(5):e160-e164. . View in PubMed

Building self-advocacy in HIV care: the use of role-play to examine healthcare access for HIV-positive MSM in rural South Africa Glob Health Promot. 2021 09; 28(3):32-40. . View in PubMed

Calibration of T2 oximetry MRI for subjects with sickle cell disease Magn Reson Med. 2021 08; 86(2):1019-1028. . View in PubMed

Oral ferroportin inhibitor vamifeport for improving iron homeostasis and erythropoiesis in ß-thalassemia: current evidence and future clinical development Expert Rev Hematol. 2021 07; 14(7):633-644. . View in PubMed

Kidney iron deposition by R2* is associated with haemolysis and urinary iron Br J Haematol. 2021 05; 193(3):633-636. . View in PubMed

Tract-specific analysis and neurocognitive functioning in sickle cell patients without history of overt stroke Brain Behav. 2021 03; 11(3):e01978. . View in PubMed

Am J Hematol. 2021 01; 96(1):31-39. . View in PubMed

Nocturnal peripheral vasoconstriction predicts the frequency of severe acute pain episodes in children with sickle cell disease Am J Hematol. 2021 01; 96(1):60-68. . View in PubMed

Loss of alpha globin genes is associated with improved microvascular function in patients with sickle cell anemia Am J Hematol. 2021 05 01; 96(5):E165-E168. . View in PubMed

Individual red blood cell nitric oxide production in sickle cell anemia: Nitric oxide production is increased and sickle shaped cells have unique morphologic change compared to discoid cells Free Radic Biol Med. 2021 08 01; 171:143-155. . View in PubMed

Reduced global cerebral oxygen metabolic rate in sickle cell disease and chronic anemias Am J Hematol. 2021 08 01; 96(8):901-913. . View in PubMed

Vasoconstriction Response to Mental Stress in Sickle Cell Disease: The Role of the Cardiac and Vascular Baroreflexes Front Physiol. 2021; 12:698209. . View in PubMed

Loss of alpha-globin genes in human subjects is associated with improved nitric oxide-mediated vascular perfusion Am J Hematol. 2021 03 01; 96(3):277-281. . View in PubMed

Parvovirus B19 infection in sickle cell disease: An analysis from the Centers for Disease Control haemoglobinopathy blood surveillance project Transfus Med. 2020 Jun; 30(3):226-230. . View in PubMed

Autonomically-mediated decrease in microvascular blood flow due to mental stress and pain in sickle cell disease: A target for neuromodulatory interventions Complement Ther Med. 2020 Mar; 49:102334. . View in PubMed

Transient Hypoxia Model Revealed Cerebrovascular Impairment in Anemia Using BOLD MRI and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy J Magn Reson Imaging. 2020 11; 52(5):1400-1412. . View in PubMed

Fixing the MRI R2-iron calibration in liver Am J Hematol. 2020 05; 95(5):E120-E122. . View in PubMed

Aura and mental stress are associated with reports of pain in sickle cell disease-a pilot study using a mobile application Am J Hematol. 2020 04; 95(4):E101-E103. . View in PubMed

Mental stress causes vasoconstriction in subjects with sickle cell disease and in normal controls Haematologica. 2020 01; 105(1):83-90. . View in PubMed

PrEP implementation in pregnant and post-partum women Lancet HIV. 2020 01; 7(1):e5-e6. . View in PubMed

A Phase 3 Trial of Luspatercept in Patients with Transfusion-Dependent ß-Thalassemia N Engl J Med. 2020 03 26; 382(13):1219-1231. . View in PubMed

Progressive vasoconstriction with sequential thermal stimulation indicates vascular dysautonomia in sickle cell disease Blood. 2020 09 03; 136(10):1191-1200. . View in PubMed

Zwakala Ndoda: a cluster and individually randomized trial aimed at improving testing, linkage, and adherence to treatment for hard-to reach men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Trials. 2019 Dec 30; 20(1):798. . View in PubMed

Vaso-Occlusion in Sickle Cell Disease: Is Autonomic Dysregulation of the Microvasculature the Trigger? J Clin Med. 2019 Oct 15; 8(10).. View in PubMed

Shared Care for Adults with Sickle Cell Disease: An Analysis of Care from Eight Health Systems J Clin Med. 2019 Aug 02; 8(8). . View in PubMed

Anemia predicts lower white matter volume and cognitive performance in sickle and non-sickle cell anemia syndrome Am J Hematol. 2019 10; 94(10):1055-1065. . View in PubMed

Immunosuppressive therapy for pediatric aplastic anemia: a North American Pediatric Aplastic Anemia Consortium study Haematologica. 2019 10; 104(10):1974-1983. . View in PubMed

Erythrocyte and plasma oxidative stress appears to be compensated in patients with sickle cell disease during a period of relative health, despite the presence of known oxidative agents Free Radic Biol Med. 2019 09; 141:408-415. . View in PubMed

Identifying Clinical and Research Priorities in Sickle Cell Lung DiseaseAn Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2019 09; 16(9):e17-e32. . View in PubMed

Sickle cell microvascular paradox-oxygen supply-demand mismatch Am J Hematol. 2019 06; 94(6):678-688. . View in PubMed

White matter has impaired resting oxygen delivery in sickle cell patients Am J Hematol. 2019 04; 94(4):467-474. . View in PubMed

Introduction to a review series on iron metabolism and its disorders Blood. 2019 01 03; 133(1):1-2. . View in PubMed

Iron overload in transfusion-dependent patients Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2019 12 06; 2019(1):337-344. . View in PubMed

Introduction to a review series on human neutrophils Blood. 2019 05 16; 133(20):2111-2112. . View in PubMed

Modelling the potential impact of providing preexposure prophylaxis in pregnant and breastfeeding women in South Africa AIDS. 2019 07 01; 33(8):1391-1395. . View in PubMed

Sickle Cell Disease Subjects Have a Distinct Abnormal Autonomic Phenotype Characterized by Peripheral Vasoconstriction With Blunted Cardiac Response to Head-Up Tilt Front Physiol. 2019; 10:381. . View in PubMed

Effectiveness of Clinical Decision Support Based Intervention in the Improvement of Care for Adult Sickle Cell Disease Patients in Primary Care J Am Board Fam Med. 2018 Sep-Oct; 31(5):812-816. . View in PubMed

ORCHESTRAL FULLY CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKS FOR SMALL LESION SEGMENTATION IN BRAIN MRI Proc IEEE Int Symp Biomed Imaging. 2018 Apr; 2018:889-892. . View in PubMed

You don't always get what you want: Does hypoxia cause sickle cell crisis? Am J Hematol. 2018 08; 93(4):475-477.. View in PubMed

Diminished cerebral oxygen extraction and metabolic rate in sickle cell disease using T2 relaxation under spin tagging MRI Magn Reson Med. 2018 07; 80(1):294-303. . View in PubMed

Pseudo continuous arterial spin labeling quantification in anemic subjects with hyperemic cerebral blood flow Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 04; 47:137-146. . View in PubMed

Ultra-short echo time images quantify high liver iron Magn Reson Med. 2018 03; 79(3):1579-1585. . View in PubMed

Introduction to a How I Treat series on sickle cell disease and thalassemia Blood. 2018 10 25; 132(17):1729-1730. . View in PubMed

Risk perception and sex behaviour in pregnancy and breastfeeding in high HIV prevalence settings: Programmatic implications for PrEP delivery PLoS One. 2018; 13(5):e0197143. . View in PubMed

A novel cross-correlation methodology for assessing biophysical responses associated with pain J Pain Res. 2018; 11:2207-2219. . View in PubMed

Increased brain iron deposition in patients with sickle cell disease: an MRI quantitative susceptibility mapping study Blood. 2018 10 11; 132(15):1618-1621. . View in PubMed

Autonomic nervous system involvement in sickle cell disease Clin Hemorheol Microcirc. 2018; 68(2-3):251-262. . View in PubMed

Sexual risk during pregnancy and postpartum periods among HIV-infected and -uninfected South African women: Implications for primary and secondary HIV prevention interventions PLoS One. 2018; 13(3):e0192982. . View in PubMed

Individuals with sickle cell disease have a significantly greater vasoconstriction response to thermal pain than controls and have significant vasoconstriction in response to anticipation of pain Am J Hematol. 2017 Nov; 92(11):1137-1145. . View in PubMed

Assessing the Feasibility of Smartphone Apps for HIV-Care Research with MSM and Transgender Individuals in Mpumalanga, South Africa J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2017 Sep/Oct; 16(5):433-439. . View in PubMed

Shout-It-Now: A Mobile HCT Model Employing Technology and Edutainment in South Africa J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2017 Sep/Oct; 16(5):506-511. . View in PubMed

The role of carbon monoxide and heme oxygenase in the prevention of sickle cell disease vaso-occlusive crises Am J Hematol. 2017 Jun; 92(6):569-582. . View in PubMed

Learning to Live With HIV in the Rural Townships: A Photovoice Study of Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV in Mpumalanga, South Africa J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2017 May - Jun; 28(3):408-421. . View in PubMed

Transplantation in thalassemia: Revisiting the Pesaro risk factors 25 years later Am J Hematol. 2017 May; 92(5):411-413. . View in PubMed

Graph Lasso-Based Test for Evaluating Functional Brain Connectivity in Sickle Cell Disease Brain Connect. 2017 09; 7(7):443-453. . View in PubMed

How we manage iron overload in sickle cell patients Br J Haematol. 2017 06; 177(5):703-716. . View in PubMed

Magn Reson Med. 2017 06; 77(6):2364-2371. . View in PubMed

Emergency department utilization by Californians with sickle cell disease, 2005-2014 Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 06; 64(6). . View in PubMed

The effect of hypnosis on pain and peripheral blood flow in sickle-cell disease: a pilot study J Pain Res. 2017; 10:1635-1644. . View in PubMed

Contrasting resting-state fMRI abnormalities from sickle and non-sickle anemia PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0184860. . View in PubMed

Biophysical markers of the peripheral vasoconstriction response to pain in sickle cell disease PLoS One. 2017; 12(5):e0178353. . View in PubMed

Hemoglobin and mean platelet volume predicts diffuse T1-MRI white matter volume decrease in sickle cell disease patients Neuroimage Clin. 2017; 15:239-246. . View in PubMed

From Mosquitos to Humans: Genetic Evolution of Zika Virus Cell Host Microbe. 2016 May 11; 19(5):561-5. . View in PubMed

Determinants of resting cerebral blood flow in sickle cell disease Am J Hematol. 2016 09; 91(9):912-7. . View in PubMed

Management of iron overload in hemoglobinopathies: what is the appropriate target iron level? Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2016 03; 1368(1):95-106.. View in PubMed

Unchanneling cardiac iron in humans Blood. 2016 09 22; 128(12):1538-40. . View in PubMed

Iron and oxidative stress in cardiomyopathy in thalassemia Free Radic Biol Med. 2015 Nov; 88(Pt A):3-9. . View in PubMed

Early Cardiac Iron Overload in a Child on Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Pediatrics. 2015 Sep; 136(3):e697-700. . View in PubMed

Chronic transfusion therapy improves but does not normalize systemic and pulmonary vasculopathy in sickle cell disease Blood. 2015 Aug 06; 126(6):703-10. . View in PubMed

Autonomic responses to cold face stimulation in sickle cell disease: a time-varying model analysis Physiol Rep. 2015 Jul 14; 3(7). . View in PubMed

Iron toxicity and its possible association with treatment of Cancer: lessons from hemoglobinopathies and rare, transfusion-dependent anemias Free Radic Biol Med. 2015 Feb; 79:343-51. . View in PubMed

The HOPE social media intervention for global HIV prevention in Peru: a cluster randomised controlled trial Lancet HIV. 2015 Jan; 2(1):e27-32. . View in PubMed

A significant proportion of thalassemia major patients have adrenal insufficiency detectable on provocative testing J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 Jan; 37(1):54-9. . View in PubMed

Prediabetes, elevated iron and all-cause mortality: a cohort study BMJ Open. 2014 Dec 11; 4(12):e006491. . View in PubMed

The impact of chelation therapy on survival in transfusional iron overload: a meta-analysis of myelodysplastic syndrome Br J Haematol. 2014 Dec; 167(5):720-3. . View in PubMed

Population based surveillance in sickle cell disease: methods, findings and implications from the California registry and surveillance system in hemoglobinopathies project (RuSH) Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Dec; 61(12):2271-6. . View in PubMed

Variance of pain prevalence and associated severity during the transfusion cycle of adult thalassaemia patients Br J Haematol. 2014 Sep; 166(5):797-800. . View in PubMed

Project HOPE: online social network changes in an HIV prevention randomized controlled trial for African American and Latino men who have sex with men Am J Public Health. 2014 Sep; 104(9):1707-12. . View in PubMed

Cardiac iron overload in sickle-cell disease Am J Hematol. 2014 Jul; 89(7):678-83. . View in PubMed

Physiology and pathophysiology of iron in hemoglobin-associated diseases Free Radic Biol Med. 2014 Jul; 72:23-40. . View in PubMed

Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric acquired aplastic anemia (AAA): an initial survey of the North American Pediatric Aplastic Anemia Consortium (NAPAAC) Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 May; 61(5):869-74. . View in PubMed

Moving the bar to the right place: positioning interventions in HIV prevention AIDS Behav. 2014 Apr; 18(4):634-7. . View in PubMed

Transfusion complications in thalassemia patients: a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CME) Transfusion. 2014 Apr; 54(4):972-81; quiz 971. . View in PubMed

Ferritin trends do not predict changes in total body iron in patients with transfusional iron overload Am J Hematol. 2014 Apr; 89(4):391-4. . View in PubMed

Bad liver and a broken heart Blood. 2014 Mar 06; 123(10):1434-6. . View in PubMed

Effects of a community intervention on HIV prevention behaviors among men who experienced childhood sexual or physical abuse in four African settings: findings from NIMH Project Accept (HPTN 043) PLoS One. 2014; 9(6):e99643. . View in PubMed

Mobile VCT: reaching men and young people in urban and rural South African pilot studies (NIMH Project Accept, HPTN 043) AIDS Behav. 2013 Nov; 17(9):2946-53. . View in PubMed

Tissue iron evaluation in chronically transfused children shows significant levels of iron loading at a very young age Am J Hematol. 2013 Nov; 88(11):E283-5. . View in PubMed

Social networking technologies as an emerging tool for HIV prevention: a cluster randomized trial Ann Intern Med. 2013 Sep 03; 159(5):318-24. . View in PubMed

Abbreviated HIV counselling and testing and enhanced referral to care in Uganda: a factorial randomised controlled trial Lancet Glob Health. 2013 Sep; 1(3):e137-45. . View in PubMed

Sexual risk and HIV prevention behaviours among African-American and Latino MSM social networking users Int J STD AIDS. 2013 Aug; 24(8):643-9. . View in PubMed

Human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 infection among US. thalassemia patients. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013 Jul; 29(7):1006-9. . View in PubMed

ß-globin gene transfer to human bone marrow for sickle cell disease J Clin Invest. 2013 Jul 01. . View in PubMed

Patients with sickle cell anemia on simple chronic transfusion protocol show sex differences for hemodynamic and hematologic responses to transfusion Transfusion. 2013 May; 53(5):1059-68. . View in PubMed

Moderno love: sexual role-based identities and HIV/STI prevention among men who have sex with men in Lima, Peru AIDS Behav. 2013 May; 17(4):1313-28. . View in PubMed

Systematic review of transition from adolescent to adult care in patients with sickle cell disease J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2013 Apr; 35(3):165-9. . View in PubMed

Autonomic nervous system dysfunction: implication in sickle cell disease C R Biol. 2013 Mar; 336(3):142-7. . View in PubMed

Exercise performance in thalassemia major: correlation with cardiac iron burden Am J Hematol. 2013 Mar; 88(3):193-7. . View in PubMed

Comparison of biventricular dimensions and function between pediatric sickle-cell disease and thalassemia major patients without cardiac iron Am J Hematol. 2013 Mar; 88(3):213-8. . View in PubMed

Pain in thalassaemia: the effects of age on pain frequency and severity Br J Haematol. 2013 Mar; 160(5):680-7. . View in PubMed

Low-shear red blood cell oxygen transport effectiveness is adversely affected by transfusion and further worsened by deoxygenation in sickle cell disease patients on chronic transfusion therapy Transfusion. 2013 Feb; 53(2):297-305. . View in PubMed

Increased leucocyte apoptosis in transfused ß-thalassaemia patients Br J Haematol. 2013 Feb; 160(3):399-403. . View in PubMed

Development of methods for cross-sectional HIV incidence estimation in a large, community randomized trial PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e78818. . View in PubMed

Estimation of HIV incidence in a large, community-based, randomized clinical trial: NIMH project accept (HIV Prevention Trials Network 043) PLoS One. 2013; 8(7):e68349. . View in PubMed

The relationship between online social networking and sexual risk behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM) PLoS One. 2013; 8(5):e62271. . View in PubMed

Antibody maturation and viral diversification in HIV-infected women PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e57350. . View in PubMed

Successes and challenges of HIV prevention in men who have sex with men Lancet. 2012 Jul 28; 380(9839):388-99. . View in PubMed

Chelation use and iron burden in North American and British thalassemia patients: a report from the Thalassemia Longitudinal Cohort Blood. 2012 Mar 22; 119(12):2746-53. . View in PubMed

Potential for false positive HIV test results with the serial rapid HIV testing algorithm BMC Res Notes. 2012 Mar 19; 5:154. . View in PubMed

Pituitary iron and volume predict hypogonadism in transfusional iron overload Am J Hematol. 2012 Feb; 87(2):167-71. . View in PubMed

Pancreatic iron and glucose dysregulation in thalassemia major Am J Hematol. 2012 Feb; 87(2):155-60. . View in PubMed

Electrocardiographic consequences of cardiac iron overload in thalassemia major Am J Hematol. 2012 Feb; 87(2):139-44. . View in PubMed

Sickle cell disease in California: sociodemographic predictors of emergency department utilization Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Jan; 58(1):66-73. . View in PubMed

Treating thalassemia major-related iron overload: the role of deferiprone J Blood Med. 2012; 3:119-29. . View in PubMed

Is it time to SWiTCH to composite primary endpoints? Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Dec 01; 57(6):906-7.. View in PubMed

Pulmonary function in thalassaemia major and its correlation with body iron stores Br J Haematol. 2011 Oct; 155(1):102-5. . View in PubMed

HIV surveillance in a large, community-based study: results from the pilot study of Project Accept (HIV Prevention Trials Network 043) BMC Infect Dis. 2011 Sep 24; 11:251. . View in PubMed

Peripheral vasoconstriction and abnormal parasympathetic response to sighs and transient hypoxia in sickle cell disease Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Aug 15; 184(4):474-81. . View in PubMed

Long-term safety and efficacy of deferasirox (Exjade) for up to 5 years in transfusional iron-overloaded patients with sickle cell disease Br J Haematol. 2011 Aug; 154(3):387-97. . View in PubMed

Relationship between labile plasma iron, liver iron concentration and cardiac response in a deferasirox monotherapy trial Haematologica. 2011 Jul; 96(7):1055-8. . View in PubMed

Community-based intervention to increase HIV testing and case detection in people aged 16-32 years in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Thailand (NIMH Project Accept, HPTN 043): a randomised study Lancet Infect Dis. 2011 Jul; 11(7):525-32. . View in PubMed

Effect of a community popular opinion leader HIV/STI intervention on stigma in urban, coastal Peru AIDS Behav. 2011 Jul; 15(5):930-7. . View in PubMed

Quantitative computed tomography assessment of transfusional iron overload Br J Haematol. 2011 Jun; 153(6):780-5. . View in PubMed

Iron chelation adherence to deferoxamine and deferasirox in thalassemia Am J Hematol. 2011 May; 86(5):433-6. . View in PubMed

Looking to the future: South African men and women negotiating HIV risk and relationship intimacy Cult Health Sex. 2011 May; 13(5):589-602. . View in PubMed

Linkage to HIV care and survival following inpatient HIV counseling and testing AIDS Behav. 2011 May; 15(4):751-60. . View in PubMed

Sickle-cell disease in California: a population-based description of emergency department utilization Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Mar; 56(3):413-9. . View in PubMed

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in children with chronic granulomatous disease Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Mar; 56(3):460-2. . View in PubMed

Revisiting the relationship between vitamin D deficiency, cardiac iron and cardiac function in thalassemia major Eur J Haematol. 2011 Feb; 86(2):176-7. . View in PubMed

Iron chelation in thalassemia: time to reconsider our comfort zones Expert Rev Hematol. 2011 Feb; 4(1):17-26. . View in PubMed

So what if blood is thicker than water? Blood. 2011 Jan 20; 117(3):745-6.. View in PubMed

Missed opportunities for HIV testing and late-stage diagnosis among HIV-infected patients in Uganda PLoS One. 2011; 6(7):e21794. . View in PubMed

Use of a high resolution melting (HRM) assay to compare gag, pol, and env diversity in adults with different stages of HIV infection PLoS One. 2011; 6(11):e27211. . View in PubMed

Pancreatic iron loading in chronically transfused sickle cell disease is lower than in thalassaemia major Br J Haematol. 2011 Jan; 152(2):229-33. . View in PubMed

HIV-related stigma, social norms, and HIV testing in Soweto and Vulindlela, South Africa: National Institutes of Mental Health Project Accept (HPTN 043) J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Dec 15; 55(5):620-4. . View in PubMed

Combining two orally active iron chelators for thalassemia Ann Hematol. 2010 Nov; 89(11):1177-8. . View in PubMed

Follow-up report on the 2-year cardiac data from a deferasirox monotherapy trial Am J Hematol. 2010 Oct; 85(10):818-9. . View in PubMed

Use of non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis does not lead to an increase in high risk sex behaviors in men who have sex with men participating in the EXPLORE trial AIDS Behav. 2010 Oct; 14(5):1182-9. . View in PubMed

Predicting pituitary iron and endocrine dysfunction Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010 Aug; 1202:123-8. . View in PubMed

The effect of deferasirox on cardiac iron in thalassemia major: impact of total body iron stores Blood. 2010 Jul 29; 116(4):537-43. . View in PubMed

Pain as an emergent issue in thalassemia Am J Hematol. 2010 May; 85(5):367-70. . View in PubMed

Design of the silent cerebral infarct transfusion (SIT) trial Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 Mar; 27(2):69-89. . View in PubMed

Time-varying analysis of autonomic control in response to spontaneous sighs in sickle cell anemia Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010; 2010:1626-9. . View in PubMed

Serum ferritin level changes in children with sickle cell disease on chronic blood transfusion are nonlinear and are associated with iron load and liver injury Blood. 2009 Nov 19; 114(21):4632-8. . View in PubMed

Pancreatic iron loading predicts cardiac iron loading in thalassemia major Blood. 2009 Nov 05; 114(19):4021-6. . View in PubMed

Hemoglobin H-constant spring in North America: an alpha thalassemia with frequent complications Am J Hematol. 2009 Nov; 84(11):759-61. . View in PubMed

Detection of individuals with acute HIV-1 infection using the ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab Combo assay J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Sep 01; 52(1):121-4. . View in PubMed

Patterns of hepatic iron distribution in patients with chronically transfused thalassemia and sickle cell disease Am J Hematol. 2009 Aug; 84(8):480-3. . View in PubMed

Analysis of HIV type 1 gp41 and enfuvirtide susceptibility among men in the United States who were HIV infected prior to availability of HIV entry inhibitors AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Jul; 25(7):701-5. . View in PubMed

Nutritional deficiencies in iron overloaded patients with hemoglobinopathies Am J Hematol. 2009 Jun; 84(6):344-8. . View in PubMed

The cost of health care for children and adults with sickle cell disease Am J Hematol. 2009 Jun; 84(6):323-7. . View in PubMed

Pulmonary hypertension does not affect the autonomic nervous system dysfunction of sickle cell disease Am J Hematol. 2009 May; 84(5):311-2. . View in PubMed

Spleen R2 and R2* in iron-overloaded patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia major J Magn Reson Imaging. 2009 Feb; 29(2):357-64. . View in PubMed

Test and tell: correlates and consequences of testing and disclosure of HIV status in South Africa (HPTN 043 Project Accept) J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Feb 01; 50(2):215-22. . View in PubMed

USING PARTICIPATORY METHODS AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) TO PREPARE FOR AN HIV COMMUNITY-BASED TRIAL IN VULINDLELA, SOUTH AFRICA (Project Accept-HPTN 043) J Community Psychol. 2009; 37(1):41-57. . View in PubMed

Longitudinal analysis of heart and liver iron in thalassemia major Blood. 2008 Oct 01; 112(7):2973-8. . View in PubMed

Magnetic resonance detection of kidney iron deposition in sickle cell disease: a marker of chronic hemolysis J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008 Sep; 28(3):698-704. . View in PubMed

Fracture prevalence and relationship to endocrinopathy in iron overloaded patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia Bone. 2008 Jul; 43(1):162-168. . View in PubMed

Onset of cardiac iron loading in pediatric patients with thalassemia major Haematologica. 2008 Jun; 93(6):917-20. . View in PubMed

Inflammation and oxidant-stress in beta-thalassemia patients treated with iron chelators deferasirox (ICL670) or deferoxamine: an ancillary study of the Novartis CICL670A0107 trial Haematologica. 2008 Jun; 93(6):817-25. . View in PubMed

Vitamin D deficiency, cardiac iron and cardiac function in thalassaemia major Br J Haematol. 2008 Jun; 141(6):891-4. . View in PubMed

Outcomes, utilization, and costs among thalassemia and sickle cell disease patients receiving deferoxamine therapy in the United States Am J Hematol. 2008 Apr; 83(4):263-70. . View in PubMed

Atrial dysfunction as a marker of iron cardiotoxicity in thalassemia major Haematologica. 2008 Feb; 93(2):311-2. . View in PubMed

Analgesic Response to Morphine in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: A Pilot Study J Pain Manag. 2008; 2(1):179-190. . View in PubMed

Patient-reported outcomes of deferasirox (Exjade, ICL670) versus deferoxamine in sickle cell disease patients with transfusional hemosiderosisSubstudy of a randomized open-label phase II trial. Acta Haematol. 2008; 119(3):133-41. . View in PubMed

Abnormal cardiac autonomic control in sickle cell disease following transient hypoxia Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2008; 2008:1996-9. . View in PubMed

Consequences and costs of noncompliance with iron chelation therapy in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia: a literature review Transfusion. 2007 Oct; 47(10):1919-29. . View in PubMed

Antiretroviral drug resistance, HIV-1 tropism, and HIV-1 subtype among men who have sex with men with recent HIV-1 infection AIDS. 2007 May 31; 21(9):1165-74. . View in PubMed

Prospective evaluation of patient-reported outcomes during treatment with deferasirox or deferoxamine for iron overload in patients with beta-thalassemia Clin Ther. 2007 May; 29(5):909-917. . View in PubMed

Implementation and evaluation of an HIV/STD intervention in Peru Eval Program Plann. 2007 Feb; 30(1):82-93. . View in PubMed

A randomised comparison of deferasirox versus deferoxamine for the treatment of transfusional iron overload in sickle cell disease Br J Haematol. 2007 Feb; 136(3):501-8. . View in PubMed

Cost effectiveness of once-daily oral chelation therapy with deferasirox versus infusional deferoxamine in transfusion-dependent thalassaemia patients: US healthcare system perspective Pharmacoeconomics. 2007; 25(4):329-42. . View in PubMed

Prevalence and incidence of pharyngeal gonorrhea in a longitudinal sample of men who have sex with men: the EXPLORE study Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Nov 15; 43(10):1284-9. . View in PubMed

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[Influence of socio-cultural context on risk perception and negotiation of protection among poor homosexual males on the Peruvian coast] Cad Saude Publica. 2006 Oct; 22(10):2097-104. . View in PubMed

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