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Post-prandial iron absorption in humans: comparison between HFE genotypes and iron deficiency anaemia.
Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Apr 2008
Hutchinson Carol, Conway Rana E, Bomford Adrian, Hider Robert C, Powell Jonathan J, Geissler Catherine A
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Measurement of serum iron increase after ingestion of a meal could be an efficient method of comparing post-prandial iron absorption between groups of individuals. We determined whether the rise in post-prandial serum iron is increased in fully treated patients with hereditary haemochromatosis (HFE C282Y+/+; HH) compared to iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), iron-replete heterozygous subjects (HFE...
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