Concepedia

Serum hepcidin level and rheumatoid arthritis disease activity

Maryam Sahebari, Zahra Rezaieyazdi, Seyed Isaac Hashemy, Sahar Khorasani, Sanaz Shahgordi, Mohammad Karim Alizadeh, Abdolmomen Ghaeni, Mandana Khodashahi

European Journal of Rheumatology · 2018 · 21 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Hepcidin has no association with disease activity in RA. Therefore, it is not necessary to measure hepcidin to determine the RA activity.

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