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1Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe Eisenstoffwechsel, Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie (IBMZ), Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Deutschland. peter.nielsen@mailbox.org.
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