Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia
38231718
Hepcidin is secreted in inflammatory states as in patients on regular hemodialysis (HD). Therefore, novel agents modulating hepcidin secretion may have the potential to effectively reverse anemia in HD patients. Bovine milk derivative lactoferrin (BL...
JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition
29505145
BACKGROUND: Anemia and vitamin D deficiency are highly prevalent in critical illness, and vitamin D status has been associated with hemoglobin concentrations in epidemiologic studies. We examined the effect of high-dose vitamin D therapy on hemoglobi...
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic capacity of hepcidin in pediatric acute appendicitis and its accuracy as a predictor of the severity of appendicitis.
Medical archives (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
28210014
INTRODUCTION: Anemia occurs in 60% to 80 % of patients with newly diagnosed myeloma multiplex (MM). The cause of anemia in MM is probably multi factorial and involved among the others hepcidin and some cytokines, especially interleukine-6. Anemia in ...