Short communication: Hepatitis C patients in Puerto Rico have an altered iron balance

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 239-245

  Rojas, Carmencita ^a   Matos, Brenda ^b   Santiago, Nilda ^c   Reymunde, Alvaro ^c   Matta, Jaime L ^a  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b Hogares Crea Ponce Playa   (Puerto Rico)

^c Damas Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Hepatitis C; Iron overload; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PUERTO RICO; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; PILOT STUDY; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FERRITINS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IRON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PUERTO RICO; TRANSFERRIN;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0035675885     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:84:1-3:239     Document Type: Article

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