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Basic physiological principles involved in iron absorption, transport and storage, as well aspathophysiological cascades responsible for absolute and functional iron deficiency. Fe, iron; Fr, ferroportin; GIT, gastrointestinal; RES, reticuloendothelial system; Tf, transferrin.
