Iron deficiency in the elderly population, revisited in the hepcidin era

• Main Authors: Fabiana eBusti (Author), Natascia eCampostrini (Author), Nicola eMartinelli (Author), Domenico eGirelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Iron deficiency is relatively common among the elderly population, contributing substantially to the high prevalence of anemia observed in the last decades of life, which in turn has important implications both on quality of life and on survival. In elderly subjects, iron deficiency is often multifa...