A. Patrick MacPhail
University of the Witwatersrand
16 Papers
212 Citations
A. Patrick MacPhail is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transferrin & Ferritin. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 16 publications. Previous affiliations of A. Patrick MacPhail include Boston University.
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Papers
The ratio of serum transferrin receptor and serum ferritin in the diagnosis of iron status
TL;DR: A novel method of calculating the LogTfR:Fer ratio may provide a more precise classification of the iron status of children.
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Gender differences in mortality and CD4 count response among virally suppressed HIV-positive patients.
Mhairi Maskew,Alana T. Brennan,Daniel Westreich,Lynne McNamara,A. Patrick MacPhail,Matthew P. Fox +5 more
TL;DR: In this initially virally suppressed population, women showed consistently better immune response to treatment than did men, and promoting earlier uptake of HIV treatment among men may improve their immunologic outcomes.
Cohort Profile: The Themba Lethu Clinical Cohort, Johannesburg, South Africa
Matthew P. Fox,Mhairi Maskew,A. Patrick MacPhail,Lawrence Long,Alana T. Brennan,Daniel Westreich,William B. MacLeod,Pappie Majuba,Ian Sanne +8 more
TL;DR: The Themba Lethu Clinical Cohort was established in 2004 to allow large patient-level analyses from a single HIV treatment site to evaluate National Treatment Guidelines, answer questions of national and international policy relevance and to combine an economic and epidemiologic focus on HIV research.
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Anemia among HIV-Infected Patients Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa: Improvement in Hemoglobin regardless of Degree of Immunosuppression and the Initiating ART Regimen
Simbarashe Takuva,Mhairi Maskew,Alana T. Brennan,Ian Sanne,A. Patrick MacPhail,M. P. Fox,M. P. Fox +6 more
TL;DR: After initiation of ART, hemoglobin improved, regardless of regimen type and the degree of immunosuppression, and was seen even among patients on zidovudine containing regimens.
Ferroportin (Q248H) mutations in African families with dietary iron overload.
TL;DR: The prevalence of the ferroportin Q248H mutation, unique to African people, and its association with dietary iron overload, mean cell volume (MCV) and C‐reactive protein (CRP) were examined in 19 southern African families.
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