CHAPTER 17 Disorders of phagocyte function G. Bouma, AJ. Thrasher Chapter Contents INTRODUCTION 263 DISORDERS OF PHAGOCYTE MATURATION 263 DEFICIENCIES OF ADHESION AND MIGRATION 266 PHAGOCYTE SIGNALING ABNORMALITIES 267 DEFICIENCIES…
CHAPTER 7 Abnormalities of the red cell membrane J. Delaunay Chapter contents HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS 115 ANK1 gene mutations 116 SLC4A1 gene mutations 116 SPTB gene mutations 118 EPB42 gene mutations…
CHAPTER 4 Regulation of hematopoiesis SM. Buckley, C. Verfaillie Chapter contents INTRODUCTION 63 CHARACTERISTICS OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS 63 Phenotypic characterization 64 Functional characterization 64 HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL…
2: Male9AgeDocument218–6599Age GroupRecode of Age11: 18–352: 36–503: 51–659FBSFasting Blood Glucose3Number 50–450999 Note that we have used 9, 99, and 999 as missing value codes. Such codes are common, but it…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 29 Acquiring High Quality Data The validity of a study depends on many things, from hypotheses that are based on sound science, to a study design…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 28 Blinding in Observational Studies Although blinding is typically thought of as something done in interventional studies, it can and should be used in observational studies…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 27 Matching in Observational Studies In Sections 25.4 and 26.3.1 we described the use of multiple cohorts and multiple control groups, respectively. For cohort studies, cohort…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 26 Participants in Case-Control Studies Case-control studies are designed to assess whether there is a link between one or more exposures and a particular outcome. The…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 25 Defining Populations for Cohort Studies Chapter 6 presented an overview of cohort studies, which are observational studies of the relationship between exposures and outcomes in…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 24 Adherence and Compliance You, the investigator, want the participants to comply with your study procedures, which involves coming back for study visits as scheduled and…
