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S ummary . Iron absorption was studied in rats at intervals after the injection of purified human transferrin. Transferrin did not alter either iron absorption or the red blood cell incorporation of iron in either normal or iron loaded animals. It is unlikely that transferrin regulates iron absorption.
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Schade et al. (1969) studied this question.
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