Effect of atorvastatin on iron metabolism regulation in patients with chronic kidney disease - a randomized double blind crossover study.

CONCLUSIONS: Statin may have a small but potentially beneficial effect on serum hepcidin, which may lead to improvement of anemia control in CKD patients.
PMID: 30741616 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Renal Failure - February 13, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Ren Fail Source Type: research