Methods for diagnosing or assisting in the diagnosis of iron-related pathologies are provided. The methods are based on the correlation of the degree of iron-specific hypercoagulability with clinical disease. One embodiment provides a method for diagnosing or assisting in diagnosing a subject having or suspected of having an iron-related pathology by analyzing a blood sample obtained from the subject to obtain viscoelastic parameters of the blood sample as the blood sample coagulates. A variation in the viscoelastic parameters of the blood sample relative to a blood sample from a healthy subject indicates the subject has or will likely develop an iron-related pathology. Subjects having an iron-related pathology have viscoelastic parameters that are indicative of enhanced coagulation and/or diminished fibrinolysis compared to the viscoelastic parameters of the blood sample from the healthy subject.
提供了诊断或辅助诊断
铁相关病症的方法。这些方法基于
铁特异性高凝程度与临床疾病的相关性。一个实施方案提供了一种用于诊断或辅助诊断患有或疑似患有
铁相关病症的受试者的方法,该方法通过分析从受试者处获得的血液样本,在血液样本凝固时获取血液样本的粘弹性参数。如果血液样本的粘弹性参数与健康人的血液样本相比发生变化,则表明该受试者已经或有可能患上与
铁有关的病症。与健康受试者血液样本的粘弹性参数相比,患有
铁相关病症的受试者的粘弹性参数表明凝血功能增强和/或
纤维蛋白溶解功能减弱。