Relationship of hepcidin with parasitemia and anemia among patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 623-626

  Howard, Caitlin T ^b   McKakpo, Uri S ^c   Quakyi, Isabella A ^c   Bosompem, Kwabena M ^c   Addison, Ebenezer A ^c   Sun, Kai ^b   Sullivan, David ^b   Semba, Richard D ^a,b  

^a Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ^*  (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 38449084385     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.623     Document Type: Article

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