Soluble transferrin receptors (sTfR) for iron deficiency detection in the acutely ill, hospitalized patients
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Quantitating Iron Transport Across the Mouse Placenta In Vivo Using Nonradioactive Iron Isotopes
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The Israel Medical Association Journal : IMAJ
|November 22, 2011
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