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Iron and the anaemia of chronic disease: a review and strategic recommendations

Ivor Cavill Medical School, Cardiff University, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michael Auerbach Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC, USA
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George R. Bailie Albany College of Pharmacy, Albany, New York, USA
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Peter Barrett-Lee Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, UK
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Yves Beguin University of Liège, Belgium
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Peter Kaltwasser J. W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Tim Littlewood John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Iain C. Macdougall King's College Hospital, London, UK
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Keith Wilson Welsh Blood Service, Cardiff, UK
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Pages 731-737 | Accepted 22 Feb 2006, Published online: 16 Mar 2006

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