Iron absorption in erythropoietin-treated haemodialysis patients: effects of iron availability, inflammation and aluminium

M. P. Kooistra, E. C. Niemantsverdriet, A. van Es, N. M. Mol-Beermann, A Struyvenberg, J. J. M. Marx

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 1998 · 103 citations · 15 references

Abstract

The absorption of iron in dialysis patients is decreased in haemodialysis patients, which may, at least in part, be due to inflammation. Aluminium ingestion further reduces absorption in functional iron-deficient patients.

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