Iron, infections, and anemia of inflammation

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 888-895

  Jurado, Rafael L ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DEFEROXAMINE;

ANEMIA; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0030841393     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515549     Document Type: Review

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