Hepcidin is the major predictor of erythrocyte iron incorporation in anemic African children.
Iron supplementation strategies in the developing world remain controversial because of fears of exacerbating prevalent infectious diseases. Understanding the conditions in which iron will be absorbed and incorporated into erythrocytes is therefore important. We studied Gambian children with either...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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