| 11. | Measurement of serum hepcidin levels may be useful in diagnostic for iron overload.
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| 12. | Black rhinoceroses ( " Diceros bicornis " ) develop iron overload.
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| 13. | This iron overload may be treated with chelation therapy.
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| 14. | Iron overload does not have easily readable symptoms.
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| 15. | Various factors, like alcohol intake and diet, can falsely show iron overload.
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| 16. | In humans, it acts as a buffer against iron deficiency and iron overload.
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| 17. | For example, ferritins may be high in infection without signaling body iron overload.
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| 18. | Ferroportin is also associated with African iron overload.
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| 19. | Systemic iron overload results, and liver iron deposition is primarily in the hepatocytes.
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| 20. | This leads to maximal iron absorption from ingested foods and iron overload in the tissues.
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