Iron Incorporation and Post-Malaria Anaemia

BACKGROUND: Iron supplementation is employed to treat post-malarial anaemia in environments where iron deficiency is common. Malaria induces an intense inflammatory reaction that stalls reticulo-endothelial macrophagal iron recycling from haemolysed red blood cells and inhibits oral iron absorption,...

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Autores principales: Doherty, Conor P., Cox, Sharon E., Fulford, Antony J., Austin, Steven, Hilmers, David C., Abrams, Steven A., Prentice, Andrew M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2330157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18461143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002133

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2330157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18461143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002133

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