Microcytic anaemia with low transferrin saturation, increased serum hepcidin and non-synonymous TMPRSS6 variants: not always iron-refractory iron deficiency anaemia

Br J Haematol. 2015 Apr;169(1):150-1. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13186. Epub 2014 Oct 14.

Authors

Albertine E Donker¹, Paul P T Brons, Dorine W Swinkels

Affiliation

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Genetic, Endocrine and Metabolic diseases, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 25312922
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13186

No abstract available

Keywords: TMPRSS6 gene; anaemia of chronic disease; hepcidin; iron-refractory iron deficiency anaemia; single nucleotide polymorphism.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / genetics*
Female
Humans
Male
Membrane Proteins / genetics*
Mutation*
Serine Endopeptidases / genetics*

Substances

Membrane Proteins
Serine Endopeptidases