Hepcidin, a key regulator of iron metabolism and mediator of anemia of inflammation

Blood

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 783-788

  Ganz, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEPCIDIN; IRON; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON TRANSPORT; LIVER CELL; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 0041672570     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-03-0672     Document Type: Review

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