TY - BOOK AU - Dina Sabry Fayek Basanty AU - Laila Ahmed Rashed , AU - Manal Elhusseiny Abufarha , AU - Noha Mohamed Elhusseiny , TI - Hepcidin as a biomarker for iron status in chronic kidney disease / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Dina Sabry Fayek Basanty , KW - ِAnemia KW - Hepcidin KW - Renal failure N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 ER -