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Bloodletting

Known as: blood letting, therapeutic phlebotomy, venesection 
Puncture of a vein to draw blood for therapeutic purposes. Bloodletting therapy has been used in Talmudic and Indian medicine since the medieval time… 
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Review
2001
Review
2001
BACKGROUND Hereditary hemochromatosis is an inherited disorder of iron metabolism that is characterized by excessive iron… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Circulating tumor cells could provide a relatively noninvasive and repeatable source of information about tumor cell genotype… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
BACKGROUND: One in 10 whites in the United States is a carrier for hemochromatosis and an estimated 1 in 200 is clinically… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The liver is the main site of iron accumulation and pathologic sequelae in hereditary hemochromatosis. Whether this is a result… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
SummaryThe principle of iron conservation is the basis of iron metabolism; the normal basal loss of iron from the body is about… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Summary. In 12 patients with idiopathic haemochromatosis and varying degrees of iron overload the serum ferritin concentration… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
Following acute blood loss, there is a 4- to 5-day lag before any demonstrable change in plasma iron kinetics. Then there is a…