Obesity modulate serum hepcidin and treatment outcome of iron deficiency anemia in children: A case control study

Obesity modulate serum hepcidin and treatment outcome of iron deficiency anemia in children: A case control study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recently, hepcidin expression in adipose tissue has been described and shown to be increased in patients with severe obesity. We tried to assess the effect of obesity on hepcidin serum levels and treatment outcome of iron deficiency...

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Main Authors: Osman Mohammed, Sanad Mohammed, Gharib Amal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Subjects:
Obesity
Hepcidin
Iron deficiency
Children
Online Access:http://www.ijponline.net/content/37/1/34

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