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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 67-68 |
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Iron status in ESRD patients
V Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok, Thailand
| Date of Web Publication | 25-Mar-2011 |
Correspondence Address:
V Wiwanitkit
Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok - 10160
Thailand
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.78087
How to cite this article:
Wiwanitkit V. Iron status in ESRD patients. Indian J Nephrol 2011;21:67-8 |
Sir,
I read the recent report on iron status in ESRD patients with a great interest. [1] Jairam et al. concluded that "our ESRD patients showed marked inflammatory activation, which was more pronounced in patients who had received IV iron." [1] I agree that the study on the ESRD patients is very interesting. I would like to add some more possible clinical explanations to the observation. Recently, Finkelstein et al. studied the correlation between hemoglobin, vitamin C, and peritoneal dialysis. [2] Indeed, the relationship between vitamin C and iron status is confirmed, and vitamin C [3] is also proposed for a possible relationship with hepcidin. [4]
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| 1. | Jairam A, Aggarwal PK, Kohli HS, Gupta KL, Sakhuja V, Jha V. Iron status, inflammation and hepcidin in ESRD patients: The confounding role of intravenous iron therapy. Indian J Nephrol 2010;20:125-31. 
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| 2. | Finkelstein FO, Juergensen P, Wang S, Santacroce S, Levine M, Kotanko P, et al. Hemoglobin and plasma vitamin c levels in patients on peritoneal dialysis. Perit Dial Int 2011;31:74-9.
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| 3. | Nair KM, Iyengar V. Iron content, bioavailability and factors affecting iron status of Indians. Indian J Med Res 2009;130:634-45.
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| 4. | Jacobs C. Iron metabolism pre and post the erythropoietin era. Nephrol Ther 2006;5:S313-20.
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