Iron Homeostasis and Serum Hepcidin-25 Levels in Obese Children and Adolescents: Relation to Body Mass Index

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-17

  Hamza, Rasha T ^a   Hamed, Amira I ^b   Kharshoum, Reham R ^a  

^a Departments of Pediatric   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Hepcidin; Iron deficiency; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; HEPCIDIN 25; SOLUBLE TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSFERRIN SATURATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84882449718     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351941     Document Type: Article

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