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Hepcidin as a biomarker for iron status in chronic kidney disease /

Dina Sabry Fayek Basanty

Hepcidin as a biomarker for iron status in chronic kidney disease / هيبسيدين كعلامة حيوية لحالة الحديد فى مرض الكلى المزمن Dina Sabry Fayek Basanty ; Supervised Manal Elhusseiny Abufarha , Laila Ahmed Rashed , Noha Mohamed Elhusseiny - Cairo : Dina Sabry Fayek Basanty , 2013 - 141 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of internal Medicine

Backgrund : Hepcidin is acute phase reactant protein produced in the liver discovered to be a key regulator of iron homeostasis . It increases by inflammation andlimits iron availability for erythropoiesis in chronic kidney disease . Objectives : is to assess hepcidin level in chronic kidney disease patients and its relation to iron level and erythropoiesis . Hepcidin may be a new biomarker of iron status



ِAnemia Hepcidin Renal failure