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Iron Absorption and Retention in Man

Nature volume 213, pages 1236–1237 (1967)Cite this article

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Conrad and Crosby1 have shown that, in normal rats, a proportion of the iron which has been absorbed from the intestinal lumen is retained in the epithelial cells of the intestine, and lost with the faeces in the course of the normal desquamation of these cells. In rats with iron deficiency, scarcely any iron is retained in the intestinal epithelial cells.

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  1. Haematological Department and Radioisotope Laboratory, Medical Clinic, State University, Utrecht

    C. A. BOENDER, E. MULDER, J. E. PLOEM, J. DE WAEL & M. C. VERLOOP

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BOENDER, C., MULDER, E., PLOEM, J. et al. Iron Absorption and Retention in Man. Nature 213, 1236–1237 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131236a0

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