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Serum Prohepcidin Levels in Helicobacter Pylori Infected Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection appears to subvert the human iron regulatory mechanism and thus upregulates hepcidin, resulting in unexplained iron-deficiency anemia (IDA). We evaluated serum prohepcidin levels before and after eradication of H. pylori in IDA patients to a...

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Autores principales: Lee, Sun-Young, Song, Eun Young, Yun, Yeo Min, Yoon, So Young, Cho, Yo Han, Kim, Sung-Yong, Lee, Mark Hong
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2880694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20526394
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2010.25.2.195