Serum prohepcidin levels in helicobacter pylori infected patients with iron deficiency anemia

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-200

  Lee, Sun Young ^a   Song, Eun Young ^b   Yun, Yeo Min ^a   Yoon, So Young ^a   Cho, Yo Han ^a   Kim, Sung Yong ^a   Lee, Mark Hong ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anemia; Helicobacter pylori; Iron deficiency; Prohepcidin

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BISMUTH; CLARITHROMYCIN; IRON; METRONIDAZOLE; PROHEPCIDIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLONOSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77954462403     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2010.25.2.195     Document Type: Article

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