Anaemia and unexplained abdominal pain: looking for a lead

The anaemia of lead poisoning is caused not only by impaired haem synthesis but also by inhibition of intracellular iron delivery to ferrochelatase; this results in increased incorporation of zinc into protoporphyrin, which explains the high concentrations of zinc protoporphyrin. 8 Although it is no...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ (Online) 2012-05, Vol.344 (may02 2), p.e2996-e2996
Hauptverfasser:	Tsitsikas, Dimitris A, Emery, Michelle, Pomfret, Suzanne, Mehta, Jasmeen Kaur, Mufti, Shaista, Rezaeinia, Alireza, Amos, Roger J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Abdominal Pain - etiology Adult Anemia Anemia - etiology Case reports Dimercaptosuccinic acid Enzymes Gasoline Humans Iron Lead content Lead poisoning Lead Poisoning - complications Lead Poisoning - diagnosis Male Oxidative stress Pain Public health Urine Zinc
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