Plasma hepcidin of Ethiopian highlanders with steady-state hypoxia

Blood

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1989-1991

  Lundgrin, Erika L ^a   Janocha, Allison J ^b   Koch, Carl D ^a   Gebremedhin, Amha ^c   Di Rienzo, Anna ^d   Alkorta Aranburu, Gorka ^d   Brittenham, Gary M ^e   Erzurum, Serpil C ^b   Beall, Cynthia M ^f  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIAN; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; METABOLISM;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887377906     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2013-03-491068     Document Type: Letter

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