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Microspectrophotometry of Hæmosiderin Granules

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THE chief forms of storage iron in the human body are ferritin and hæmosiderin1. Ferritin was first identified by Laufberger (1937) as an unusual iron-containing protein. Chemical analysis, electron microscopy, and immunochemical studies have shown that the ferritin moiety consists of a homogeneous and immunologically distinct protein matrix (apoferritin) with varying numbers of ferric hydroxide micelles interspersed in the interstices2.

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  1. Departments of Pathology, Presbyterian-University Hospital and Biophysical Research Laboratory, Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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WELLS, C., WOLKEN, J. Microspectrophotometry of Hæmosiderin Granules. Nature 193, 977–978 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193977a0

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