Effect of body mass index reduction on serum hepcidin levels and iron status in obese children

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1772-1774

  Amato, A ^a   Santoro, N ^a   Calabro P ^a   Grandone, A ^a   Swinkels, D W ^b,c   Perrone, L ^a   Miraglia Del Giudice, E ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Hepcidinanalysiscom   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

hepcidin; iron; leptin; nutrition; weight loss

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; LEPTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; ITALY; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 78650155191     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2010.204     Document Type: Article

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