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V Atanasiu1, B Manolescu, Irina Stoian
1Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy. atanasis2003@yahoo.com
Abstract:
A chronic inflammatory state characterized the patients with chronic renal failure. The causes of this situation are multiple and inter-connected. The break of the equilibrium between pro-inflammatory agents and anti-inflammatory ones in haemodialysis patients leads to anemia of chronic inflammation, characterized by a functional iron deficiency. Very recently it was discovered a peptide produced by the liver, named hepcidin, that provides a good link between inflammation and metabolism of iron, rendering more understandable the interdependence of inflammation and anemia.
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