OBJECTIVE: To determine the usefulness of serum ferritin and glycosylated ferritin (GF)
levels in diagnosing adult onset Still's disease (AOSD). METHODS: We performed a …

Over the last 20 years, classification criteria have been developed for rheumatic diseases (1,
7). Many of these diseases do not have unequivocal or pathognomonic features …

Background: In recent years, cases of scurvy have mainly been described in populations at
risk. The prevalence and risk factors for hypovitaminosis C among hospitalized patients in a …

OBJECTIVE To determine the evolution of levels of total serum ferritin and percentage of the
glycosylated form in patients with adult onset Still's disease (AOSD) at the time of diagnosis …

Our knowledge about intestinal absorption and cleavage of carotenoids has rapidly grown
during the last years. New facts about carotenoid absorption have emerged while some …

A series of 10 617 calculi were analyzed by stereomicroscopy and infrared spectroscopy.
This first study of French calculi was compared with large series in the literature. That the …

… Woodall AA, Lee SWM, Weesie RJ, Jackson MJ, Britton G. Oxidation of carotenoids by free
radicals : relationships between structure and reactivity. Biochim Biophys Acta 1997 ; 1336 …

Objective Still's disease is an acute systemic inflammatory disorder. There are no
pathognomonic symptoms or specific laboratory abnormalities. Serum ferritin concentration in …

Background: Oxidative stress is thought to have a major role in the pathogenesis of airway
obstruction. A study was undertaken to determine whether subjects with low levels of …

… Cacoub, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière; G. Le Moel, MD,
… Coffernils M, Soupart A, Pradier O, Feremans W, Nève P, Decaux G. Hyperferritinemia in …