Hepcidin decreases over the first year of life in healthy African infants

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 150-153

  Mupfudze, Tatenda G ^a,b   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^c   Rukobo, Sandra ^b   Moulton, Lawrence H ^a   Humphrey, Jean H ^a,b   Prendergast, Andrew J ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Zvitambo Institute for Maternal and Child Health Research   (Zimbabwe)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Hepcidin; Infants; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; OROSOMUCOID; SOLUBLE TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; IRON METABOLISM; LETTER; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; ZIMBABWE;

ANAEMIA; HEPCIDIN; INFANTS; IRON DEFICIENCY;

AFRICA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEPCIDINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84889566967     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12567     Document Type: Letter

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