Crichton, Robert R. <br/><br/>
Iron metabolism :  from molecular mechanisms to clinical consequences / 
Robert Crichton 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Chichester, UK :  John Wiley & Sons,  c2009 
 - xx, 461 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Solution chemistry of iron in biological media -- The importance of iron for biological systems -- Microbial iron transport and metabolism -- Iron uptake by plants and fungi -- Cellular iron uptake and export in mammals -- Intracellular iron storage and biomineralization -- Intracellular iron metabolism and cellular iron homeostasis -- Iron absorption in mammals, with particular reference to man, and regulation of systemic iron balance -- Pathophysiology of iron deficency and iron overload in man -- Iron and oxidative stress -- Brain iron homeostasis and its perturbation in various neurodegenerative diseases -- Interactions between iron and other metals 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0470010282 9780470010280 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Iron--Metabolism<br/>Iron proteins<br/>Iron--Metabolism--Disorders<br/>Iron--metabolism<br/>Cells--metabolism<br/>Iron--physiology<br/>Metabolic Diseases--physiopathology<br/>Metalloproteins--metabolism