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Iron uptake from plasma transferrin by the duodenum is impaired in the Hfe knockout mouse.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Apr 2002
Trinder Debbie, Olynyk John K, Sly William S, Morgan Evan H
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Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a disorder of iron metabolism in which enhanced iron absorption of dietary iron causes increased iron accumulation in the liver, heart, and pancreas. Most individuals with HH are homozygous for a C282Y mutation in the HFE gene. The function of HFE protein is unk...
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