Impacto da doação de sangue nos depósitos de ferro do organismo de doadores Impact of blood donation on donor iron reserves

<abstract language="eng">Iron is a vital element in the human metabolism. It plays a central role in erythropoiesis and is also involved in many other intracellular processes in all the tissues of the body. Blood donation results in a substantial (200 to 250 ng) loss of iron at each...

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Main Authors: Rita C. Mousinho-Ribeiro, Gabriella P. Sousa, Thiago M. Nunes, Marcelo C. Neves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842008000100015