Oral iron supplements increase hepcidin and decrease iron absorption from daily or twice-daily doses in iron-depleted young women.
Moretti D, Goede JS, Zeder C, Jiskra M, Chatzinakou V, Tjalsma H, Melse-Boonstra A, Brittenham G, Swinkels DW, Zimmermann MB.
Moretti D, et al.
Blood. 2015 Oct 22;126(17):1981-9. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-05-642223. Epub 2015 Aug 19.
Blood. 2015.
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Better understanding of these phenomena might improve oral iron dosing schedules. We investigated whether the acute iron-induced increase in hepcidin influences iron absorption of successive daily iron doses and twice-daily iron doses. .. …
Better understanding of these phenomena might improve oral iron dosing schedules. We investigated whether the acute iron-induc …