Plasma prohepcidin levels in patients with chronic viral hepatitis: Relationship with liver fibrosis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 461-465

  Olmez, Omer Fatih ^a   Gurel, Selim ^a   Yilmaz, Yusuf ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Chronic hepatitis C; Histopathology; Iron; Prohepcidin

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; PROHEPCIDIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949439229     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283344708     Document Type: Article

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