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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI105167

The Role of the Intestinal Mucosa in Iron Absorption

R. W. Charlton, P. Jacobs, J. D. Torrance, and T. H. Bothwell

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Submitted for publication August 14, 1964; accepted December 3, 1964.

These studies were supported in part by a grant (AM 04912-03) from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and in part by grants from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Atomic Energy Board, South Africa. A preliminary report of some of these data has been published previously (1).

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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Submitted for publication August 14, 1964; accepted December 3, 1964.

These studies were supported in part by a grant (AM 04912-03) from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and in part by grants from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Atomic Energy Board, South Africa. A preliminary report of some of these data has been published previously (1).

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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Submitted for publication August 14, 1964; accepted December 3, 1964.

These studies were supported in part by a grant (AM 04912-03) from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and in part by grants from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Atomic Energy Board, South Africa. A preliminary report of some of these data has been published previously (1).

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Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Iron and Red Cell Metabolism Unit, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa

*

Submitted for publication August 14, 1964; accepted December 3, 1964.

These studies were supported in part by a grant (AM 04912-03) from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and in part by grants from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Atomic Energy Board, South Africa. A preliminary report of some of these data has been published previously (1).

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Published April 1, 1965 - More info

Published in Volume 44, Issue 4 on April 1, 1965
J Clin Invest. 1965;44(4):543–554. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI105167.
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