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. 2001 Jul 22;13(2):31-38.
eCollection 2001 Jul.

Hereditary Hemochromatosis and Iron Metabolism

Joyce Carlson  1 , Sigvard Olsson  2
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Hereditary Hemochromatosis and Iron Metabolism

Joyce Carlson et al. EJIFCC. .
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Fig. 1
Reciprocal regulation of the synthesis of ferritin and transferrin receptor. Freely modified from reference 6.
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Fig. 2
Schematic diagram of transport mechanisms for iron across intestinal epithelial cells.
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Fig. 3
Principle of one method for duplex PCR analysis of the two common HFE mutations causing hemochromatosis.
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