Ceruloplasmin and Hypoferremia: Studies in Burn and Non-Burn Trauma Patients

• Glavni autori: Michael A. Dubick (Autor), Johnny L. Barr (Autor), Carl L. Keen (Autor), James L. Atkins (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: MDPI AG, 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Objective: Normal iron handling appears to be disrupted in critically ill patients leading to hypoferremia that may contribute to systemic inflammation. Ceruloplasmin (Cp), an acute phase reactant protein that can convert ferrous iron to its less reactive ferric form facilitating binding to ferritin...