Iron Absorption in the Thalassemia Syndromes and Its Inhibition by Tea

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 1979, Pages 5-8

  de Alarcon, Pedro A ^a,b   Donovan, Mary Ellen ^a,b   Forbes, Gilbert B ^a,b   Landaw, Stephen A ^a,b   Stockman, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS CITRATE FE 59; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RADIOISOTOPE;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HEREDITY; INHERITANCE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TEA; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 0018760153     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197901043000102     Document Type: Article

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