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• Published Subscription 9 Sep 2019

  Serum Hepcidin Status of Sickle Cell Disease Subjects with Multiple Blood Transfusion in Nigeria

  By David Bolaji Akinbo, Adedeji David Atere, Eniola Yewande Fashola, Olumide Faith Ajani, Love Adeiye Ajani

  Abstract: Objectives: No effective physiological mechanism for excess iron excretion is known in humans. Conditions such as sickle cell disease (SCD), where red blood cell transfusion is a frequently employed therapy can subsequently result in ready accumulation and circulation of exogenous iron as non-transferrin bound iron in tissues with possible impairment of iron homeostasis in them. Aim: The influence of multiple blood transfusions on the patterns of iron homeostasis in correlation …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Medicine · Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2019 · pp. 1–9 Read article →