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. 1973 Aug;72(2):295–336.

The relationship of intracellular pathways of iron metabolism to cellular iron overload and the iron storage diseases. Cell sap and cytocavitary network pathways in relation to lysosomal storage and turnover of iron macromolecules.

B F Trump, J M Valigorsky, A U Arstila, W J Mergner, T D Kinney
PMCID: PMC1903989  PMID: 4579280

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