Low hepcidin levels in severely anemic Malawian children with high incidence of infectious diseases and bone marrow iron deficiency

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Jonker, Femkje A M ^a   Calis, Job C J ^a   Phiri, Kamija ^b   Kraaijenhagen, Rob J ^c   Brabin, Bernard J ^d   Faragher, Brian ^d   Wiegerinck, Erwin T ^e   Tjalsma, Harold ^e,f   Swinkels, Dorine W ^e,f   Van Hensbroek, Michael Boele ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Hepcidinanalysiscom   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEPCIDIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; IRON;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROBLAST; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWIAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UPREGULATION; ANEMIA; ANOXIA; BLOOD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; MALAWI; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANEMIA; ANOXIA; BONE MARROW; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEPCIDINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRON; MALAWI; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84891960858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078964     Document Type: Article

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