scispace - formally typeset
Journal ArticleDOI

Disorders of iron metabolism.

Nancy C. Andrews
- 23 Dec 1999 - 
- Vol. 341, Iss: 26, pp 1986-1995
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
Iron has the capacity to accept and donate electrons readily, interconverting between ferric (Fe2+) and ferrous (Fe3+) forms, which makes it a useful component of cytochromes, oxygen-binding molecules, and many enzymes.
Abstract
Iron has the capacity to accept and donate electrons readily, interconverting between ferric (Fe2+) and ferrous (Fe3+) forms. This capability makes it a useful component of cytochromes, oxygen-bind...

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Large hiatal hernia in patients with iron deficiency anaemia: a prospective study on prevalence and treatment.

TL;DR: A large hiatal hernia may cause bleeding from Cameron erosions, and its role in iron deficiency anaemia has been debated, and no data is available on the treatment of these patients with proton pump inhibitors.
Journal ArticleDOI

Iron deficiency anemia in adolescents: a literature review

TL;DR: A prevalence of iron deficiency anemia of around 20% in adolescents is revealed and the harmful effects of anemia in this age group is described and healthcare professionals should be aware of the need for early diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment.
Journal ArticleDOI

Hepcidin assay in serum by SELDI-TOF-MS and other approaches.

TL;DR: Being optimal for low-molecular-weight biomarkers, SELDI-TOF-MS has emerged as a valid tool for hepcidin assay, as well as with other Mass Spectrometry-based and immunological methods.
Journal ArticleDOI

Iron deficiency and anaemia in heart failure: understanding the FAIR-HF trial

TL;DR: Iron metabolism in the context of anaemia and heart failure is reviewed and the importance of diagnosing and treating ID, preferably with IV iron preparations, in patients with CHF is focused on.
References
More filters
Journal Article

A novel MHC class-I-like gene is mutated in patients with hereditary haemochromatosis

John N. Feder
- 01 Jan 1996 - 
TL;DR: Using linkage–disequilibrium and full haplotype analysis, a region more than 3 megabases telomeric of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that is identical–by–descent in 85% of patient chromosomes is identified, containing a gene related to the MHC class I family, termed HLA–H, containing two missense alterations.
Journal ArticleDOI

Cloning and characterization of a mammalian proton-coupled metal-ion transporter

TL;DR: A new metal-ion transporter in the rat, DCT1, which has an unusually broad substrate range that includes Fe2+, Zn2+, Mn2+, Co2+, Cd2+, Cu2+, Ni2+ and Pb2+.
Journal ArticleDOI

Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in the United States

TL;DR: Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia are still relatively common in toddlers, adolescent girls, and women of childbearing age and were more likely in those who are minority, low income, and multiparous.
Journal ArticleDOI

Microcytic anaemia mice have a mutation in Nramp2, a candidate iron transporter gene.

TL;DR: A positional cloning strategy is undertaken to identify the causative mutation in mice with microcytic anaemia, and it is suggested that the phenotype is a consequence of a missense mutation in Nramp2 (ref. 5), a previously identified gene of unknown function.
Related Papers (5)