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iron
(redirected from iron binding)

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Serum iron was 18 [micro]g/dL, total iron binding capacity was 232 [micro]g/dL, saturation 8%, and ferritin 1408 ng/mL.
Hosts use several mechanisms (Table 3) to withhold iron from invading [ILLEGIBLE TEXT] neoplastic cells: stationing of potent iron binding proteins at sites of impending microbial invasion; lowering iron levels in body fluids, diseased tissues, and [ILLEGIBLE TEXT] cells during invasion; and synthesizing immunoglobulins to the iron acquisition antigens of microbes.
However, in the group with iron deficiency anemia, serum iron and total iron binding capacity was higher among infants given iron sulfate than those infants given grape molasses.
 
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