Seminars in Hematology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 328-338 , October 2009

Recycling Iron in Normal and Pathological States

  • Carole Beaumont

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Carole Beaumont, PhD, INSERM U773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicale Bichat Beaujon CRB3, Equipe 4: Fer et Synthèse d'Hème: génétique, physiologie et pathologie, Université Paris Diderot Paris 7, UFR de Médecine site Bichat, 16 Rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France
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  • Constance Delaby

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doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2009.06.004

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 328-338 , October 2009

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