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The oxidant properties of iron-overload and simultaneous ethanol consumption have received much interest, due to evidence reporting from hereditary hemochromatosis (HC). The full form of this disease is often associated with chronic alcoholism. An additive effect of toxicity of iron and ethanol was assumed. In this study, we examined nutritively iron-loaded Wistar rats (n = 59) (TMH-Ferrocene) additionally fed with ethanol up to 8% in drinking water for 36 wk.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Immunology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, 10th Floor, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK. beutelspacher@web.de
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