RADIOACTIVE IRON ABSORPTION BY GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT
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- 1 September 1943
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 78 (3) , 169-188
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.78.3.169
Abstract
Iron absorption is a function of the gastro-intestinal mucosal epithelium. The normal non-anemic dog absorbs little iron but chronic anemia due to blood loss brings about considerable absorption—perhaps 5 to 15 times normal. In general the same differences are observed in man (1).Keywords
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