Faculty profile
Heather Mackenzie
Back to facultyAssistant Clinical ProfessorMedicineMcMaster University
5 publications.
01
A Rare Hemoglobin Variant (β51Pro → His) Causing Misleading Measurements of Hemoglobin A1c
Mackley MP, Morgenthau A, Elnenaei M, MacKenzie H
Journal of the Endocrine Society20225 citationsSenior author
02
Frailty and Diabetes in Older Hospitalized Adults: The Case for Routine Frailty Assessment
MacKenzie HT, Tugwell B, Rockwood K, Theou O
Canadian Journal of Diabetes202036 citationsFirst author
03
Hydropic leiomyoma presenting as a rare condition of pseudo-Meigs syndrome: literature review and a case of a pseudo-Meigs syndrome mimicking ovarian carcinoma with elevated CA125
Pauls M, MacKenzie H, Ramjeesingh R
BMJ Case Reports201924 citations
04
ACTH-Secreting Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Cecum: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Mokhtar A, Arnason T, Gaston D, Huang W-Y, MacKenzie H, Al-Hazmi R, Vaninetti N, Tugwell B, Rayson D
Clinical Colorectal Cancer20197 citations
05
160 Frailty and Diabetes in Older Hospitalized Adults: What Drives Outcomes?
Mackenzie H, Tugwell B, Theou O, Rockwood K
Canadian Journal of Diabetes20171 citationsFirst author
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