Lower serum prohepcidin levels associated with lower iron and erythropoietin requirements in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C

BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic HCV infection have increased liver iron. Recently identified protein hepcidin synthesized in the liver, is thought to be a key regulator for iron homeostasis and is induced by infection and inflammation. Lower erythropoietin and iron supplementation requirements wer...

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Autores principales: Caliskan, Yasar, Yelken, Berna, Ozkok, Abdullah, Gorgulu, Numan, Yazici, Halil, Telci, Aysegul, Yildiz, Alaattin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3496582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22768976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-56

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3496582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22768976
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-56

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