When the body has adequate stores of iron, the hepatocytes sense that and will increase the production of hepcidin.
Iron exported from the enterocyte into the blood is ferrous and must be converted to the ferric form for transport in the blood.
A. First Statement is True, Second Statement is False
B. Second Statement is True, First Statement is False
C. Both Statements are Correct
D. Both Statements are Incorrect
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a Female patient with a Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC) of 75 umol/L is suggestive of having:
A. NBSB Disorder
B. Sideroblastic Anemia
C. Iron-Deficiency Anemia
D. Thalassemia
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