IS OBESITY ASSOCIATED WITH ANAEMIA IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

• Asıl Yazarlar: Winnie Chan (Yazar), Douglas Ward (Yazar), Okdeep Kaur (Yazar), Chris Tselepis (Yazar), David Jones (Yazar), Jos Bosch (Yazar), Richard Borrows (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Anaemia post renal transplantation is common and multi-factorial. Obesity is widespread following transplantation, and is characterised by chronic low-grade inflammation. Obesity-related inflammation may be associated with raised hepcidin leading to anaemia by dysregulation of iron homeostasis. This...