Advances in Hematology
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 750643, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/750643
Review Article

Targeting the Hepcidin-Ferroportin Axis in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Anemias

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, CHS 37-131, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1690, USA

Received 2 November 2009; Accepted 23 November 2009

Academic Editor: Stefano Rivella

Copyright © 2010 Elizabeta Nemeth. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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