| Monday, May 24, 1999 |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Welcome From Extramural
Dr. Carol Letendre |
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| 8:15 a.m. |
SESSION I: Nutrient Metabolism in the Genetic Anemias
Chair: Dr. Betram H. Lubin |
| 8:15 a.m. |
Nutritional Considerations in Thalassemia
Dr. Patricia J. Giardina |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Identifying Genetic Influences on Human Nutrition
Dr. Darrell L. Ellsworth |
| 9:15 a.m. |
Nutrition and Hematopoiesis: An Overview
Dr. Punam Malik |
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| 9:45 a.m. |
Break |
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Energy and Protein Metabolism in Patients With Sickle Cell
Disease
Dr. Paul J. Flakoll |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Zinc and Trace Minerals
Dr. Ananda A. Prasad |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Nutritional Implications of Iron Overload
Dr. James D. Cook |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Red Cell Turnover: Characteristics of Normal and Pathological
Red Cells as They Enter and Leave the Circulation
Dr. Marilyn J. Telen |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Interaction of Antioxidant Nutrients and Implications for
Genetic Anemia
Dr. Alvin C. Chan |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Recommendations of the Panel to NHLBI |
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| 12:45 p.m. |
Lunch |
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| 1:45 p.m. |
SESSION II: Nutritional Status of Patients With Sickle
Cell Disease
Chair: Dr. Griffin Rodgers |
| 1:50 p.m. |
Introduction and Overview of the Problem
Dr. Doris L. Wethers |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Nutritional Assessment in Sickle Cell Disease
Dr. Rupa Redding-Lallinger |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Nutrition Issues in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
Dr. Atul Singhal |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Pediatric Studies in Sickle Cell Nutrition
Dr. Babette Zemel |
| 3:30 p.m. |
General Discussion / Chair's Recommendations |
| 4:15 p.m. |
Adjourn |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner Meeting
Guest Speaker: Dr. Charles Whitten |
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| Tuesday, May 25, 1999 |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
SESSION III: Minerals
Chair: Dr. Alan N. Schechter |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Erythrocyte Magnesium Deficiencies in Sickle Cell Disease
and Beta Thalassemia: Role of Dietary Supplementation
Dr. Carlo Brugnara |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Zinc in Sickle Cell Disease
Dr. Virginia Stallings |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Discussant
Dr. Kwaku Ohene-Frempong |
| 10:20 a.m. |
General Discussion/Chair's Recommendations |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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| 10:45 a.m. |
SESSION IV: Antioxidants / Vitamins
Chair: Dr. Alvin C. Chan |
| 10:50 a.m. |
Overview: Membane Therapy for Molecular Disease
Drs. S. Tsuyoshi Ohnishi and Gabriel B. Ogunmola |
| 11:20 a.m. |
Homocysteine and Folate in Sickle Cell Disease
Dr. Sohail Rana |
| 11:50 a.m. |
Arginine in Sickle Cell Disease
Dr. Elliott Vichinsky |
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| 12:20 p.m. |
Lunch |
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| 1:20 p.m. |
L-Glutamine Therapy for Sickle Cell Anemia
Dr. Yukata Niihara |
| 1:50 p.m. |
Different Antioxidant Capacity of Specific Carotenoids in
Endothelial Cell-Mediated LDL Oxidation
Dr. Earl H. Harrison |
| 2:20 p.m. |
Dietary n-3 Fatty Acid Treatment Reduces the Frequency of
Pain Episodes and the Prothrombotic State in Patients With Sickle Cell
Disease
Dr. James R. Eckman |
| 2:50 p.m. |
General Discussion / Chair's Recommendations |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |