Serum pro-hepcidin levels and relationships with iron parameters in healthy preterm and term newborns

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-297

  Tiker, Filiz ^a,b   Celik, Banu ^a   Tarcan, Aylin ^a   Kilicdag, Hasan ^a   Özbek, Namik ^a   Gurakan, Berkan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Baskent Universitesi Adana Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron; Newborn; Preterm; Pro hepcidin; Term newborn; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROHEPCIDIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BALANCE; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; TERM BIRTH; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; FERRITINS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; PREMATURE BIRTH; TERM BIRTH; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 33646350310     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010600629213     Document Type: Article

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