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Down syndrome — transferrin parallels plasma iron changes

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The transferrin level was studied in patients with simple trisomy 21 and with Robertsonian unbalanced translocations 21/22 and 21/14. In all these groups of patients, known to have significantly lowered plasma iron levels, the transferrin levels were found to be decreased with respect to the control group.

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  1. J. Kędziora

    Present address: Department of Physiology, Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry, WAM, Łódź, (Poland)

  2. J. Jeske

    Present address: Clinic of Children's Diseases, Medical Academy of Łódź, Łódź, (Poland)

  3. D. Rożynkowa

    Present address: Department of Clinical Pathology, Service of Human Genetics, Lublin, (Poland)

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  1. Department of Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Łódź, Łódź, (Poland)

    J. Kędziora, H. Witas, G. Bartosz, W. Leyko, J. Jeske & D. Rożynkowa

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Kędziora, J., Witas, H., Bartosz, G. et al. Down syndrome — transferrin parallels plasma iron changes. Experientia 34, 712–713 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01947275

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