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

• Main Authors: Osman Mohammed (Author), Sanad Mohammed (Author), Gharib Amal (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: BMC, 2011-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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<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...