Hepcidin is suppressed by erythropoiesis in hemoglobin E β-thalassemia and β-thalassemia trait.
HbE β-thalassemia is the most common severe thalassemia syndrome across Asia, and millions are carriers. Clinical heterogeneity in HbE β-thalassemia is incompletely explained by genotype, and the interaction of phenotypic variation with hepcidin is unknown. The effect of thalassemia carriage on hepc...
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Format: | Journal article |
Jezik: | English |
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2014
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