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THE low toxicity of iron–dextran complex (‘Imferon’) has made it possible to follow for the past eighteen months the effects of administering intramuscularly a total dose of 1,650 mgm. iron per kgm. to rats. Control animals on the same diet (M.R.C. diet 41 containing 1 per cent of cod liver oil) over the same time were treated with equivalent amounts of dextran, without iron.
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GOLBERG, L., SMITH, J. & MARTIN, L. Effects of Massive Iron Overload in the Rat. Nature 179, 734 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179734a0
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