Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Serum Ferritin And Hepcidin Levels In Hepatitis C Patients

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Ali Sami Mohammed1 , Layla Abd-Al-Sattar Sadiq Laylani2 Mostafa Ali Abdulrahman3 & Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa4,5

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The aim of the study detects the relation between serum ferritin and hepcidin with hepatitis C virus One hundred subjects (men and women) were taken in the current study. Forty-four subjects without infection used like control group and fifty-six subjects with hepatitis C virus. The results demonstrate high significant (P < 0.05) elevate in levels of serum ferritin and hepcidin in subjects with hepatitis C compare with health subjects. It was concluded that there is positive relationship between serum ferritin, hepcidin and hepatitis C.

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