Storage of iron in bone marrow plasma cells. Ultrastructural characterization, mobilization, and diagnostic significance

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-15

  Wulfhekel, U ^a,b   Dullmann J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Chronic alcoholism; Electron microscopy; Iron overload; Iron containing plasma cells

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOSIDERIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GOLGI COMPLEX; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHLEBOTOMY; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344572709     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000040914     Document Type: Article

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