Unnoticed iron overload leading to irreversible pancreatic damage

Nefrologia (Engl Ed). 2018 Mar-Apr;38(2):223-224. doi: 10.1016/j.nefro.2017.05.001. Epub 2017 Jul 10.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anemia / etiology
  • Darbepoetin alfa / therapeutic use
  • Delayed Diagnosis
  • Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / etiology*
  • Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Hemochromatosis / complications
  • Hemochromatosis / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Iron / analysis
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / therapy
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreas / chemistry
  • Pancreas / physiopathology*
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy
  • Renal Dialysis

Substances

  • Darbepoetin alfa
  • Iron