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Factors affecting the rate of iron mobilization during venesection therapy for genetic hemochromatosis.
American journal of hematology - 1 May 1998
Adams P C
Abstract excerpt
Although progressive iron accumulation is a characteristic feature of genetic hemochromatosis, the factors affecting the rate of iron mobilization by venesection have not been established. Venesection records were analyzed in 77 hemochromatosis homozygotes to study the factors affecting the rate of iron mobilization by venesection. The rate of iron mobilization was the iron removed divided by the time required to...
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