BENIGN HEMATOLOGY PROGRAM

Women’s Health: Obstetric Related Complications Clinical Research

1. Mirza FG, Abdul-Kadir R, Breymann C, Fraser IS, Taher A. Impact and management of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in women’s health. Expert Rev Hematol. 2018 Sep;11(9):727-736. doi: 10.1080/17474086.2018.1502081. Epub 2018 Aug 1. PMID: 30019973.

2. Matar CF, Bou-Fakhredin R, Russo R, Andolfo I, Iolascon A, Taher AT. Recommendations for pregnancy in Fanconi anemia. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2021 Nov;21(11):1403-1409. doi: 10.1080/14712598.2021.1913119. Epub 2021 Apr 12. PMID: 33798394.

3. Taher AT, Iolascon A, Matar CF, Bou-Fakhredin R, de Franceschi L, Cappellini MD, Barcellini W, Russo R, Andolfo I, Tyan P, Gulbis B, Aydinok Y, Anagnou NP, Bencaiova GA, Tamary H, Martinez PA, Forni G, Vindigni R. Recommendations for Pregnancy in Rare Inherited Anemias. Hemasphere. 2020 Aug 12;4(4):e446. doi: 10.1097/HS9.0000000000000446. PMID: 32885142; PMCID: PMC7437563.

4. Hobeika EM, Usta IM, Taher AT, Nassar AH. Splenomegaly, pancytopenia and pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature. J Infect. 2005 Dec;51(5):e273-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.03.009. PMID: 15904963.

5. Shamseddine A, Chehal A, Usta I, Salem Z, El-Saghir N, Taher A. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and pregnancy: report of four cases and literature review. J Clin Apher. 2004;19(1):5-10. doi: 10.1002/jca.10076. PMID: 15095395.

6. Tyan P, Taher A, Carey E, Amdur R, Messersmith C, Robinson HN, Gu A, Vargas MV, Moawad GN. Effect of Perioperative Transfusion on Postoperative Morbidity Following Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy for Benign Indications. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2020 Jan;27(1):200-205. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2019.03.021. Epub 2019 Mar 28. PMID: 30930213.

7. Farran HE, Haddad AG, Radwan AH, Nassar AH, Hourani R, Taher AT. Post-partum ovarian vein thrombosis: combined effect of infection and factor v leiden mutation. Turk J Haematol. 2015 Mar 5;32(1):80-1. doi: 10.4274/tjh.2014.0266. PMID: 25805681; PMCID: PMC4439913.

8. Zgheib NK, Shamseddine AA, Geryess E, Tfayli A, Bazarbachi A, Salem Z, Shamseddine A, Taher A, El-Saghir NS. Genetic polymorphisms of CYP2E1, GST, and NAT2 enzymes are not associated with risk of breast cancer in a sample of Lebanese women. Mutat Res. 2013 Jul-Aug;747-748:40-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2013.04.004. Epub 2013 Apr 27. PMID: 23628324.

9. Ghazeeri G, Nassar AH, Taher AT, Musallam KM, Jamali FR. The wanderer At 12 weeks’ gestation, the patient presented with abdominal pain and a palpable mass. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jun;202(6):662.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.02.013. Epub 2010 Apr 2. PMID: 20362957.

10. Awada Z, Haider S, Tfayli A, Bazarbachi A, El-Saghir NS, Salem Z, Shamseddine A, Taher A, Zgheib NK. Pharmacogenomics variation in drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters in relation to docetaxel toxicity in Lebanese breast cancer patients: paving the way for OMICs in low and middle income countries. OMICS. 2013 Jul;17(7):353-67. doi: 10.1089/omi.2013.0019. Epub 2013 Jun 11. PMID: 23758476.

11. Zahed LF, Rayes RF, Mahfouz RA, Taher AT, Maarouf HH, Nassar AH. Prevalence of factor V Leiden, prothrombin and methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase mutations in women with adverse pregnancy outcomes in Lebanon. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Oct;195(4):1114-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.06.082. PMID: 17000243.

12. Nassar AH, Hobeika EM, Abd Essamad HM, Taher A, Khalil AM, Usta IM. Pregnancy outcome in women with prosthetic heart valves. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Sep;191(3):1009-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.05.064. PMID: 15467581.