Zinc protoporphyrin levels in COVID-19 are indicative of iron deficiency and potential predictor of disease severity

Meltem Kilercik; Yasemin Ucal; Muhittin Serdar; Mustafa Serteser; Aysel Ozpinar; Florian J. Schweigert

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262487

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Zinc protoporphyrin levels in COVID-19 are indicative of iron deficiency and potential predictor of disease severity

Meltem Kilercik,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Acibadem Labmed Clinical Laboratories, Istanbul, Turkey
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Yasemin Ucal,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Muhittin Serdar,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Mustafa Serteser,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Acibadem Labmed Clinical Laboratories, Istanbul, Turkey
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Aysel Ozpinar ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: florian.schweigert@uni-potsdam.de (FJS); Aysel.ozpinar@acibadem.edu.tr (AO)

Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Istanbul, Turkey

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7399-4929

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Florian J. Schweigert

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: florian.schweigert@uni-potsdam.de (FJS); Aysel.ozpinar@acibadem.edu.tr (AO)

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Zinc protoporphyrin levels in COVID-19 are indicative of iron deficiency and potential predictor of disease severity

Meltem Kilercik,
Yasemin Ucal,
Muhittin Serdar,
Mustafa Serteser,
Aysel Ozpinar,
Florian J. Schweigert

Published: February 3, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262487

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