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What is the definition or description of: iron and iron binding capacity?
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The rion level: Reflects the availability for incorporation into hemoglobin. In chronic bleeding the iron is lost and the level falls. Inversely, the bodies ability to capture iron, the binding capacity, rises to try to respond to the deficiency.
Answered 12/24/2012
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