Storage iron in acute and chronic infection: mechanism of hypoferraemia of infection

MeSH terms

• Acute Disease
• Anemia, Hypochromic / etiology*
• Bone Marrow / metabolism
• Chronic Disease
• Hemosiderin / deficiency*
• Hemosiderin / metabolism
• Humans
• Infections / metabolism*
• Liver / metabolism
• Lymph Nodes / metabolism
• Mononuclear Phagocyte System / metabolism
• Spleen / metabolism