Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized, as the name suggests, by deficiencies (abnormal, poor or absent function) in the immune system. As ...

A deficiency disease is a medical condition caused by insufficient intake of essential nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, that the body needs to function properly. These nutrients are normally ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Different definitions of iron deficiency provide discordant results for prevalence and prognosis of chronic HF, ...

There's overall agreement that iron deficiency is prevalent and portends a worse prognosis in patients with heart failure (HF), regardless of ejection fraction or anemia. What remains unclear, however ...

Deficiency of vitamin D has been linked to issues in bone health, but recent studies are revealing a more complex relationship between this nutrient and the immune system. Emerging evidence suggests ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with extraintestinal manifestations in more than one-quarter of patients. Anemia is one of the most common concerns. Patients with IBD and comorbid iron ...

Most people think of iron deficiency as something that shows up clearly in a blood test. But in recent years, researchers and clinicians have begun paying attention to a less noticeable condition that ...