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Cytosiderosis and the Genesis of Arteriosclerosis and other Fibrous-Tissue Reactions

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CYTOSIDEROSIS is a diffuse metabolic disorder characterized by the deposition of large quantities of iron pigment, at first mainly in the liver and later in other organs and tissues of the body1,2. It occurs consistently in adult pellagrins, although it is commonly seen also in other members of the African population not suffering overtly from acute episodes of malnutrition3.

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GILLMAN, J., GILLMAN, T., MANDELSTAM, J. et al. Cytosiderosis and the Genesis of Arteriosclerosis and other Fibrous-Tissue Reactions. Nature 159, 875–876 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159875a0

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