This comprehensive text describes the clinical disorders involving the metabolism of iron in the body. Chapters include: the molecular regulation of iron proteins; iron-deficiency anaemia; and the effect of iron-deficiency anaemia on cognitive skills in infancy and childhood.
This comprehensive text describes the clinical disorders involving the metabolism of iron in the body. Chapters include: the molecular regulation of iron proteins; iron-deficiency anaemia; and the effect of iron-deficiency anaemia on cognitive skills in infancy and childhood.
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Molecular regulation of iron proteins; iron-deficiency anaemia; effect of iron-deficiency anaemia on cognitive skills in infancy and childhood; iron metabolism in inflammation; sideroblastic anaemia; clinical spectrum and management of haemochromatosis; genetics of haemochromatosis; clinical manifestations and therapy of transfusional haemosiderosis; oral iron-chelating therapy - the L1 experience; control of disease by selective iron depletion - a novel therapeutic strategy utilizing iron chelators.
