Hepcidin-25 is a peptide hormone plays an important role in
regulating the systematic iron homeostasis. This paper was
conducted to study the correlations of Hepcidin with some iron
status markers and red cell indices among patients with iron
def
iciency anemia (IDA) and healthy controls in Damascus. Our
study comprised 20 IDA patients (Hb≤11 g/dl for men and
women,Tsat≤20% and ferritin <30 ng/dl) and 10 healthy non
IDA controls. Complete hemogram was performed, iron status
markers (serum iron, total iron binding capacity and ferritin)
were measured and transferrin saturation was calculated .