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Electron Microscopic Investigations

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Electron microscopy has made it possible to visualize molecules of ferritin and hemosiderin, to examine the phases of erythrophagocytosis, and to define the nature of the sideroblasts and siderocytes.

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Bernát, I. (1983). Electron Microscopic Investigations. In: Iron Metabolism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7308-1_17

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