Mohamed Alkalaf

Serum Ferritin Concentration in Haematologic, Infectious and Metabolic Disorders: A Critical Appraisal of Interpretive Thresholds, Mechanistic Assumptions and Clinical Utility

Ashraf Soliman, Mohamed Yassin, Ahmed Khalil, Mohamed Alkalaf, Khalid Siddiq & Mohamed Qusad · Asian Journal of Research in Biochemistry · 2026

Serum ferritin is among the most frequently requested laboratory investigations in general medicine, yet its interpretation rests on assumptions that the accumulated evidence supports only in part. The analyte is used simultaneously as a surrogate for body iron stores, as an acut...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajrb/2026/v16i5513

Hookworm Infection and Childhood Growth: A Critical Narrative Review of Body Mass Index, Height Standard Deviation Scores, Growth Velocity and the Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Axis in Normal-weight and Underweight Children

Ashraf T. Soliman, Fawzia Alyafei, Nada Alaaraj, Noor Hamed, Shayma Ahmed, Khaled A. Siddiq, Mohammed Qusad & Mohamed Alkalaf · Asian Journal of Pediatric Research · 2026

Hookworm infection remains one of the most common chronic parasitic conditions of childhood in low-resource settings, and growth impairment is routinely listed among its consequences. The evidence supporting that claim is weaker and more heterogeneous than programmatic language i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajpr/2026/v16i9570