High hepcidin level accounts for the nigral iron accumulation in acute peripheral iron intoxication rats

Chao Sun1, Ning Song, Anmu Xie

  • 1Department of Neurology, The Affiliated Hospital of Medial College, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, China.

Toxicology Letters
|June 5, 2012
PubMed

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