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Iron Deficiency and Overload From Basic Biology to Clinical Medicine /

Iron deficiency is ever-present among all populations throughout the world irrespective of race, culture, or ethnic background. Even with the latest advances in medicine, improved nutrition, and the ready availability of cheap oral iron, there is still no satisfactory explanation for the widespread...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Yehuda, Shlomo (Editor ), Mostofsky, David I. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Nutrition and Health,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Iron Biochemistry and Metabolism
  • The Cellular Physiology of Iron
  • Regulation of Iron Absorption and Distribution
  • The Role of Hepcidin in Iron Homeostasis
  • Iron as Nutrient: Strategies for Iron Acquisition and Usage by Pathogenic Microorganisms
  • Iron as a Drug and Drug-Drug Interactions
  • Iron Overload and Deficiency Pathologies
  • Iron Deficiency and Excess in the Brain: Implications for Cognitive Impairment and Neurodegeneration
  • Brain Iron Deposition in Aging and Disease: Role of HO-1
  • Iron Deficiency and Neuropharmacology
  • Peripheral Effects of Iron Deficiency
  • Iron-Metabolism in Neurons of the Motor System of the Central Nervous System: Lessons from Iron Deficiency and Overloading Pathologies
  • The Effects of Brain Iron Deficiency on Cognitive and Behavioral Aspects
  • Stress, Immunology, and Cytokines
  • Diagnostic and Clinical Aspects in CNS Disorders
  • MRI of Brain Iron and Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Potential Biomarker
  • Alzheimer's Dementia
  • Inherited Disorders of Brain Iron Homeostasis
  • Public Health Issues
  • Iron and Heart Disease: A Review of the Epidemiologic Data
  • Global Concept of Iron Deficiency
  • Nutritional Iron Deficiency in Early Childhood
  • Iron and Women's Health.