Intravenous Iron Carboxymaltose as a Potential Therapeutic in Anemia of Inflammation.

Intravenous iron supplementation is an effective therapy in iron deficiency anemia (IDA), but controversial in anemia of inflammation (AI). Unbound iron can be used by bacteria and viruses for their replication and enhance the inflammatory response. Nowadays available high molecular weight iron comp...

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Main Authors: Niklas Lofruthe, Inka Gallitz, Lisa Traeger, Nicole Bäumer, Isabell Schulze, Tanja Kuhlmann, Carsten Müller-Tidow, Andrea U Steinbicker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4942094?pdf=render