Iron Metabolism and Its Clinical Significance
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Hepcidin: an important new regulator of iron homeostasis.
Summary Hepcidin is an important and recently discovered regulator of iron homeostasis. There is strong evidence in support of an important role for hepcidin dysregulation in the pathogenesis of iron overload disorders, and possibly in the aetiology of the anaemia of chronic disease. Further research is needed into the physiology of hepcidin to elucidate the relative contributions of the liver ...
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