Is iron overload in alcohol-related cirrhosis mediated by hepcidin?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 46, 2009, Pages 5864-5866

  Iqbal, Tariq ^a   Diab, Azzam ^a   Ward, Douglas G ^b   Brookes, Matthew J ^b   Tselepis, Chris ^b   Murray, Jim ^a   Elias, Elwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Anaemia; Cirrhosis; Hepcidin; Iron

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA;

ACANTHOCYTOSIS; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GILBERT DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; IRON OVERLOAD; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SIDEROSIS; SPUR CELL ANEMIA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 74049100236     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.5864     Document Type: Article

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