Haemochromatosis, hepcidin and disorders of iron metabolism: Fields of substantial clinical relevance and current advances

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-82

  Theodorsson, E ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERROPORTIN 1; HEMOJUVELIN; HEPCIDIN; HEPCIDIN ANTAGONIST; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; HORMONE RECEPTOR; IRON; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON METABOLISM DISORDER; LIVER FUNCTION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645005836     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510500495624     Document Type: Article

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