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Inherited disorders of iron metabolism.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Feb 2011
Camaschella Clara, Poggiali Erika
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To discuss inherited iron disorders, their pathophysiology and clinical implications in the light of the recent advances in our knowledge of iron metabolism and its regulation. RECENT FINDINGS: In previous years the molecular mechanisms of cellular iron uptake and release and the cellular and systemic iron homeostasis have been substantially clarified. New proteins (hepcidin, hemojuvelin, HFE,...
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