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Hepcidin-25, Mean Corpuscular Volume, and Ferritin as Predictors of Response to Oral Iron Supplementation in Hemodialysis Patients

The benefit of oral iron therapy (OIT) and factors predictive of OIT response are not established in hemodialysis (HD) patients with iron deficiency anemia (IDA). We examined the values of hepcidin-25, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), and ferritin as predictors of OIT response. Oral ferrous fumarate (...

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Autores principales: Takasawa, Kazuya, Takaeda, Chikako, Maeda, Teiryo, Ueda, Norishi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4303829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25551249
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu7010103