Serum pro-hepcidin and iron markers during uncomplicated pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-274

  Laskowska Klita, Teresa ^a   Chelchowska, Magdalena ^a   Swiatek, Ewa ^a   Ambroszkiewicz, Jadwiga ^a   Leibschang, Jerzy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PRO HEPCIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLORIMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 33846224368     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.03.011     Document Type: Letter

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