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The Role of Hepcidin-25 in Kidney Transplantation
- Source :
- Transplantation; June 2013, Vol. 95 Issue: 11 p1390-1395, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Hepcidin-25 is a peptide hormone involved in iron absorption and homeostasis and found at increased serum levels in conditions involving systemic inflammation, renal dysfunction, and increased adiposity. Hepcidin may play a role in the pathogenesis of anemia, but its role in kidney transplantation is undefined.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00411337 and 15346080
- Volume :
- 95
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Transplantation
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs49259169
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/TP.0b013e31828d8489