Intestinal iron absorption

Iron Physiology and Pathophysiology in Humans

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 101-116

  McKie, Andrew T ^a   Simpson, Robert J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dcytb; DMT1; Duodenum; Ferroportin; HCP1; Heme; Hepcidin; Hephaestin; HIF2 alpha; Iron; IRP1; IRP2; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906738627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-485-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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