Serum Hepcidin Levels in Childhood-Onset Ischemic Stroke: A Case-Control Study

Recently, hepcidin, an antimicrobial-like peptide hormone, has evolved as the master regulator of iron homeostasis. Despite the growing evidence of iron imbalance in childhood-onset ischemic stroke, serum hepcidin level in those patients has not yet been researched.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Azab, Seham F., Akeel, Nagwa E., Abdalhady, Mohamed A., Elhewala, Ahmed A., Ali, Al Shymaa A., Amin, Ezzat K., Sarhan, Dina T., Almalky, Mohamed A.A., Elhindawy, Eman M., Salam, Mohamed M.A., Soliman, Attia A., Abdellatif, Sawsan H., Ismail, Sanaa M., Elsamad, Nahla A., Hashem, Mustafa I.A., Aziz, Khalid A., Elazouni, Osama M.A., Arafat, Manal S.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782878/