Abstract
FERRITIN is an iron-containing protein which is stored mainly in the spleen, liver and marrow. The richest source of ferritin is the reticulo-endothelial system of horse spleen ; but there is no ferritin in the blood of a healthy horse.
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OKI, Y. Pathophysiological Effects of Circulating Ferritin. Nature 184, 1944–1945 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841944b0
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