Effect of ascorbic acid administration on serum concentration of transferrin receptors

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1573-1575

  Khumalo, Hlosukwazi ^a   Gomo, Zvenyika A R ^a,b   Gangaidzo, Innocent T ^a   Moyo, Victor M ^c   Mandishona, Eberhard ^d   Saungweme, Thokozile ^a   Rouault, Tracey A ^e   Gordeuk, Victor R ^c   Patrick MacPhail, A ^d  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FERRITIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REFERENCE VALUE; RNA BINDING;

EID: 0031859955     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.7.1573     Document Type: Article

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