Anemia in tuberculosis cases and household controls from Tanzania: Contribution of disease, coinfections, and the role of hepcidin

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) induces a systemic inflammatory state affecting iron homeostasis. Patients with TB often have additional comorbidities such as anemia which can result in poorer treat outcomes. We studied the contribution of anemia and the role of the iron regulatory hormone hepcidin am...

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Autores principales: Hella, Jerry, Cercamondi, Colin I., Mhimbira, Francis, Sasamalo, Mohamed, Stoffel, Nicole, Zwahlen, Marcel, Bodmer, Thomas, Gagneux, Sebastien, Reither, Klaus, Zimmermann, Michael B., Risch, Lorenz, Fenner, Lukas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5909902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29677205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195985

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