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What are the important regulators of iron absorption?
What are the important regulators of iron absorption?
- Red blood cell generation
- Iron-regulatory proteins and Iron responsive elements (correct)
- All of the above
- Iron stores
What happens to iron absorption during iron overload?
What happens to iron absorption during iron overload?
- The amounts of stored ferritin decreases
- DMT-I, Tf, and TfM decrease
- Iron absorption remains unaffected
- The amounts of stored ferritin increases (correct)
What is the effect of iron deficiency on ferritin levels?
What is the effect of iron deficiency on ferritin levels?
- Ferritin levels increase
- Ferritin levels decrease (correct)
- Ferritin levels fluctuate randomly
- Ferritin levels remain unaffected
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