Combinatorial effects of malaria season, iron deficiency, and inflammation determine plasma hepcidin concentration in African children

Blood

Volumn 123, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 3221-3229

  Atkinson, Sarah H ^a,b,c   Armitage, Andrew E ^b   Khandwala, Shivani ^b,c   Mwangi, Tabitha W ^c   Uyoga, Sophie ^c   Bejon, Philip A ^c   Williams, Thomas N ^c,d   Prentice, Andrew M ^e,f   Drakesmith, Hal ^b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f Medical Research Council Keneba   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; GAMBIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UPREGULATION;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEPCIDINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; IRON; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; SEASONS;

EID: 84901443702     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2013-10-533000     Document Type: Article

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