Magnetic-Susceptibility Measurement of Human Iron Stores

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 307, Issue 27, 1982, Pages 1671-1675

  Brittenham, Gary M ^a   Farrell, David E ^a   Harris, John W ^a   Feldman, Edward S ^a   Danish, Elizabeth H ^a   Muir, W Angus ^a   Tripp, John H ^a   Bellon, Errol M ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN; IRON;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0020465049     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198212303072703     Document Type: Article

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