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An excessive accumulation of iron in the body due to a greater than normal absorption of iron from the gastrointestinal tract or from parenteral injection. This may arise from idiopathic hemochromatosis, excessive iron intake, chronic alcoholism, certain types of refractory anemia, or transfusional hemosiderosis. (From Churchill's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 1989)
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- Overload, Iron
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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disord of iron metab
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97; was see HEMOSIDEROSIS 1996
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- Hemosiderosis (1996)
- Iron/metabolism (1966-1995)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Iron Overload. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019190. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019190
- Iron Overload. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_overload
- Iron Overload. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2025687