Treating Iron Overload
Treating Iron Overload
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Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
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English
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Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
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Both hemochromatosis and β-thalassemia are caused by a deficiency of hepcidin, which represses expression of ferroportin at the surface of cells that export iron into the blood. Studies suggest that repressing expression of a hepcidin inhibitor ameliorates disease in mouse models.
Iron overload may cause illness and death in patients with heredi...
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Treating Iron Overload
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1367880283
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1367880283
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0028-4793
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1533-4406
DOI
10.1056/NEJMcibr1304338
