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. 2025 Jul 25;18(8):1104. doi: 10.3390/ph18081104
ID iron deficiency
IDA iron deficiency anemia
Hb hemoglobin
WHO World Health Organization
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
GI gastrointestinal
IBD inflammatory bowel disease
SF serum ferritin
UNICEF United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
AE anemia in the elderly
AI anemia of inflammation
CKD chronic kidney disease
IRIDA iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia
YLDs years lived with disability
ROS reactive oxygen species
Dcytb duodenal cytochrome b
DMT-1 divalent metal transporter 1
FPN ferroportin
Heph hephaestin
Tf transferrin
sTfR soluble transferrin receptor
TIBC total iron-binding capacity
FBC full blood count
MCV mean corpuscular volume
MCH mean corpuscular hemoglobin
MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
RDW red cell distribution width
NTBI non-transferrin-bound iron
CRP C-reactive protein
EHA European Hematology Association
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Fe-ASP iron conjugated with N-aspartyl-casein
IV intravenous
FCM ferric carboxymaltose
FDI ferric derisomaltose
HFrEF heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
ERFE erythroferrone
BMP bone morphogenetic protein
HIF-2α hypoxia-inducible factor 2 alpha
HRI heme-regulated inhibitor kinase
IREs iron-responsive elements
UTRs untranslated regions
CNN convolutional neural networks