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Comment
. 2005 Dec 15;106(13):4413; author reply 4414.
doi: 10.1182/blood-2005-07-2923.

The role of duodenal cytochrome b in intestinal iron absorption remains unclear

David M Frazer, Sarah J Wilkins, Christopher D Vulpe, Gregory J Anderson
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The role of duodenal cytochrome b in intestinal iron absorption remains unclear

David M Frazer et al. Blood. .
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Figure 1.
Intestinal iron absorption and liver iron content in sla and C57BL/6J mice on an iron-deficient diet. Animals were maintained on an iron-deficient diet for 6 weeks from weaning, and iron absorption was determined by whole-body counting following the oral administration of radioactive iron as previously described. Absorption (▪) is presented as the percentage of the initial iron dose retained by the animals 5 days after dosing. Hepatic iron measurements (□) were performed on liver tissue as previously described. Data represent the mean ± SEM of 3 animals. Statistical differences were assessed using Student t test. P = .001 for iron absorption. P = .86 for liver iron content.
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