Thomas D Coates, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Section Head of Hematology

Director of Sickle/Hemoglobinopathy Program

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Overview

I primarily work in two areas of basic and translational research: 1) the role of inflammation in the genesis of vascular disease in sickle cell disease; 2) the detection and management of transfusion related iron overload. Our research employs various engineering-intensive methodologies (MRI, laser Doppler flow, digital image analysis, signal processing) to explore the basic mechanisms of sickle cell disease and to measure the effect of various treatment modalities. We use direct measures of microvascular blood flow to monitor the process of vasoocclusion and relate it to simultaneous measures of autonomic nervous system function. These methodologies translate in measurements that can be used to follow patients clinically. In collaboration with members of the Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Radiology Departments at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Physiology/Biophysics at the Keck School of Medicine, we devised methods to measure the sickling process in human sickle cell subjects and relate these measurements to clinical factors that modulate disease severity.

Publications

  • Transfusional hemosiderosis in childhood cancer patients and survivors Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Oct; 71(10):e31220. . View in PubMed
  • Significant pituitary siderosis is common in transfusion-dependent sickle cell disease Blood. 2024 Sep 26; 144(13):1457-1459. . View in PubMed
  • Management of iron overload: lessons from transfusion-dependent hemoglobinopathies Blood. 2024 Sep 18. . View in PubMed
  • A de novo germline RUNX1 variant preceding development of concurrent T-lymphoblastic leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome Leuk Lymphoma. 2024 Sep; 65(9):1357-1361. . View in PubMed
  • Systematic review and evidence gap assessment of the clinical, quality of life, and economic burden of alpha-thalassemia EJHaem. 2024 Jun; 5(3):541-547. . View in PubMed
  • National Quality Indicators in Pediatric Sickle Cell Anemia Pediatrics. 2024 Apr 01; 153(4). . View in PubMed
  • Decreased erythrocyte aggregation in Glenn and Fontan: univentricular circulation as a rheologic disease model Pediatr Res. 2024 Apr; 95(5):1335-1345. . View in PubMed
  • Black Sexual Minority Men’s Experiences in MPowerment Interventions: Implications for HIV Prevention Int J Behav Med. 2024 Mar 18. . View in PubMed
  • Moderate-severe beta-thalassemia intermedia phenotype caused by sextuplicated alpha-globin gene allele in two beta-thalassemia carriers Am J Hematol. 2024 08; 99(8):1655-1658. . View in PubMed
  • Introduction to a review series on globin disorders Blood. 2024 08 22; 144(8):797-798. . View in PubMed
  • Higher hemoglobin is better in thalassemia Blood. 2024 03 07; 143(10):842-844. . View in PubMed
  • Functional near-infrared spectroscopy-based prefrontal cortex oxygenation during working memory tasks in sickle cell disease Neurophotonics. 2023 Oct; 10(4):045004. . View in PubMed
  • McDAPS: A multi-channel physiological signals display and analysis system for clinical researchers SoftwareX. 2023 Jul; 23. . 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
  • Health care workers’ perceptions and bias toward men as HIV clients in Malawi and Mozambique: A qualitative study PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(10):e0001356. . View in PubMed
  • Splenic iron decreases without change in volume or liver parameters during luspatercept therapy Blood. 2023 11 30; 142(22):1932-1934. . 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
  • Consensus guidelines for diagnosis and management of anemia in epidermolysis bullosa Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2023 02 23; 18(1):38. . View in PubMed
  • COVID-19, Vaccine Hesitancy, and HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Black Sexual Minority Men J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 12 15; 94(5):387-394. . 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Progressive vasoconstriction with sequential thermal stimulation indicates vascular dysautonomia in sickle cell disease Blood. 2020 09 03; 136(10):1191-1200. . 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
  • 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
  • Immunosuppressive therapy for pediatric aplastic anemia: a North American Pediatric Aplastic Anemia Consortium study Haematologica. 2019 10; 104(10):1974-1983. . 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 human neutrophils Blood. 2019 05 16; 133(20):2111-2112. . 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
  • 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 iron metabolism and its disorders Blood. 2019 01 03; 133(1):1-2. . 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Introduction to a How I Treat series on sickle cell disease and thalassemia Blood. 2018 10 25; 132(17):1729-1730. . 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • How we manage iron overload in sickle cell patients Br J Haematol. 2017 06; 177(5):703-716. . 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
  • Contrasting resting-state fMRI abnormalities from sickle and non-sickle anemia PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0184860. . 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Physiology and pathophysiology of iron in hemoglobin-associated diseases Free Radic Biol Med. 2014 Jul; 72:23-40. . View in PubMed
  • Cardiac iron overload in sickle-cell disease Am J Hematol. 2014 Jul; 89(7):678-83. . 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pain in thalassaemia: the effects of age on pain frequency and severity Br J Haematol. 2013 Mar; 160(5):680-7. . View in PubMed
  • Increased leucocyte apoptosis in transfused ß-thalassaemia patients Br J Haematol. 2013 Feb; 160(3):399-403. . 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
  • 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
  • Development of methods for cross-sectional HIV incidence estimation in a large, community randomized trial PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e78818. . 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
  • Treating thalassemia major-related iron overload: the role of deferiprone J Blood Med. 2012; 3:119-29. . 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
  • 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
  • Linkage to HIV care and survival following inpatient HIV counseling and testing AIDS Behav. 2011 May; 15(4):751-60. . 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
  • Iron chelation adherence to deferoxamine and deferasirox in thalassemia Am J Hematol. 2011 May; 86(5):433-6. . 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Missed opportunities for HIV testing and late-stage diagnosis among HIV-infected patients in Uganda PLoS One. 2011; 6(7):e21794. . 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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