The association between the levels of serum ferritin and sex hormones in a large scale of Chinese male population.

BACKGROUND: The ferritin is an important participant of iron-storage but its regulation and related factors were not well defined. The present objective was to explore the potential association between serum ferritin levels and sex hormones. METHODS: 1999 Chinese men in the Fangchenggang Area Male H...

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Main Authors: Zhenfang Liu, Fanghui Ye, Haiying Zhang, Yong Gao, Aihua Tan, Shijun Zhang, Qiang Xiao, Bing Zhang, Lulu Huang, Bingbing Ye, Xue Qin, Chunlei Wu, Zheng Lu, Youjie Zhang, Ming Liao, Xiaobo Yang, Zengnan Mo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795691?pdf=render