Effect of honey on febrile neutropenia in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A randomized crossover open-labeled study.

Objectives: Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a common adverse effect of chemotherapy. Current management of FN is expensive and may induce side effects. Honey, as a natural honeybee product, has antioxidant, antimicrobial, immunomodulator and anticancer effects.

Early Cardiac Involvement and Risk Factors for the Development of Arrhythmia in Patients With β-Thalassemia Major.

Background: Cardiac iron overload is the most serious complication in thalassemia; even patients treated with intensive chelation suffer at a certain point from cardiomyopathy and arrhythmia.

Aim: The aim of the study was to identify indicators of cardiac dysfunction in thalassemia as well as risk factors associated with the development of arrhythmia.

Patients And Methods: A total of 45 patients with β-thalassemia major were enrolled in this cross-sectional study.

ADAMTS13 Levels in Young Patients With β-Thalassemia Major: Relation to Hepatitis C Virus Infection, Liver Cirrhosis, and Iron Overload.

Unlabelled: We measured levels of a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13 (ADAMTS13) in 50 children and adolescents with β-thalassemia major (25 without hepatitis C virus [HCV] infection and 25 with HCV infection) compared to 25 healthy controls and assessed their relation to iron overload, HCV infection, and liver cirrhosis. Hematological and coagulation profiles, serum ferritin, and von Willebrand factor antigen were assessed. Levels of ADAMTS13 were significantly lower in β-thalassemia major with and without HCV infection compared to healthy controls, with a more significant reduction in levels among patients with HCV (P < .

The relationship between asthma and allergic rhinitis in the Iraqi population.

Background: Recently, extensive research has established that epidemiologic and therapeutic links exist between allergic rhinitis and asthma. The objective of this study was to clarify this association in Iraq.

Methods: The data included in this study were collected from five surveys for asthma and allergic rhinitis that were performed during the period from September 2000 to July 2008.