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Hepcidin detects iron deficiency in Sri Lankan adolescents with a high burden of hemoglobinopathy: A diagnostic test accuracy study

Wray, K.; Allen, A.; Evans, E.; Fisher, C.; Premawardhena, A.; Perera, L.; Rodrigo, R.; Goonathilaka, G.; Ramees, L.; Webster, C.; Armitage, A.E.; Prentice, A.M.; Weatherall, D.J.; Drakesmith, H.; Pasricha, S.R. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017)

Anemia affects over 800 million women and children globally. Measurement of hepcidin as an index of iron status shows promise, but its diagnostic performance where hemoglobinopathies are prevalent is unclear. We evaluated ...
Hepcidin is suppressed by erythropoiesis in hemoglobin E β-thalassemia and β-thalassemia trait

Jones, E.; Pasricha, S.R.; Allen, A.; Evans, P.; Fisher, C.A.; Wray, K.; Premawardhena, A.; Bandara, D.; Perera, A.; Webster, C.; Sturges, P.; Olivieri, N.F.; St Pierre, T.; Armitage, A.E.; Porter, J.B.; Weatherall, D.J.; Drakesmith, H. (American Society of Hematology, 2015)

Hemoglobin E (HbE) β-thalassemia is the most common severe thalassemia syndrome across Asia, and millions of people are carriers. Clinical heterogeneity in HbE β-thalassemia is incompletely explained by genotype, and the ...

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