Is serum hepcidin causative in hemochromatosis? Novel analysis from a liver transplant with hemochromatosis

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 851-853

  Adams, Paul C ^a,b   McAlister, Vivian ^a   Chakrabarti, Subrata ^a   Levstik, Mark ^a   Marotta, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemochromatosis; HFE; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; FERRITIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; PYRIMIDINE; TRANSFERRIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHLEBOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HOMOZYGOTE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58249090116     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/961928     Document Type: Article

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