HAMP and inflammatory bowel disease: The blood level of hepcidin, the disease activity and the Iron Load Test (ILT) were studied in a cohort of IBD pediatric patients and suitable controls by Martinelli et al. The interesting observation of this study is that it showed a higher value of hepcidin in patients with active disease (Patients and Controls, respectively, mean ± SD (range) 12.55 ± 24.0 (1.5–108.5) ng/mL vs. 5.86 ± 7.25 (1.5–31.5) ng/mL).