Hepcidin is not a marker of chronic inflammation in atherosclerosis

Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-242

  Oǧuz, Aytekin ^b   Uzunlulu, Mehmet ^b,c   Hekim, Nezih ^a  

^a Dr Pakize i Tarzi Laboratuarlari Turkey   (Turkey)

^b GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hepcidin; Inflammatory marker

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPCIDIN; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748696161     PISSN: 13028723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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