TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Iron Homeostasis: Deficiency and Overload
A1  - Bunn, H. Franklin
A1  - Heeney, Matthew M.
A2  - Bunn, H. Franklin
A2  - Aster, Jon C.
PY  - 2011
T2  - Pathophysiology of Blood Disorders
AB  - LEARNING  OBJECTIVESAfter  studying  this  chapter  you  should  be  able  to:Construct  a  flow  diagram  depicting  iron  homeostasis:  absorption  from  the  gut,  transport  in  the  plasma,  incorporation  into  erythroid  precursors,  release  from  senescent  red  cells,  and  return  to  the  plasma.Explain  the  important  role  of  hepcidin  in  iron  absorption  from  the  gut  and  release  of  iron  from  macrophages.Name  and  prioritize  the  causes  of  iron  deficiency.Describe  the  key  laboratory  features  of  iron  deficiency.Identify  the  causes  of  iron  overload  and  its  clinical  manifestations.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Medical
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1104130921
ER  -