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Hepcidin levels correlate to liver iron content, but not steatohepatitis, in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
BACKGROUND: One-third of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) develop dysmetabolic iron overload syndrome (DIOS), the pathogenesis of which is unknown. Altered production of the iron-regulatory peptide hepcidin has been reported in NAFLD, but it is unclear if this is related to ir...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5989417/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29871592 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-018-0804-0 |