Iron absorption in patients with β-thalassaemia haemoglobin E disease and the effect of splenectomy
Intestinal59Fe absorption was measured in 16 patients with β-thalassaemia/haemoglobin E disease and in 5 normal controls, using a total-body counting technique. The average iron absorption in the patients was 62% in contrast to 16.5% in the normal controls. 6 of the 9 splenectomized patients had abs...
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2018
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Online Access: | https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/30526 |
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