The significance of serum hepcidin on iron status in overweight and obese patients with iron-deficiency anemia

BACKGROUND: Deficiency of iron is one of the most prevalent nutritional disorders, and obesity is an increasing nutritional problem, but only a few studies mention a possible association between them in Iraq. Adipocytes secrete adipokines, some of them are related to the inflammatory response in add...

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Main Author: Abeer Anwer Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Iraqi Journal of Hematology
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Online Access:http://www.ijhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2072-8069;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=30;epage=33;aulast=Ahmed