Serum prohepcidin levels correlate with hepatic iron stores in chronic hepatitis C patients

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 93, 2009, Pages 1146-1151

  Lin, Tsung Jung ^a   Liao, Li Ying ^a   Chou, Jung Mao ^a   Liu, Shu O ^a   Wang, Chung Kwe ^a  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Healthy controls; Hepcidin; Iron; Serum prohepcidin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PROHEPCIDIN; TRANSFERRIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON STORAGE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70350474569     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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