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This study was designed to measure the effects of iron supplementation on respiratory burst in iron-deficient anemia. The performance of neutrophils was evaluated by measuring the activity of NADPH oxidase in 18 patients with iron-deficient anemia before and after body iron stores are saturated. The activity of NADPH oxidase was significantly lower in pretreatment patients relative to controls (p<0.05). The activity increased after iron supplementation to levels that had no significant differences relative to controls.
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Kurtoglu, E., Ugur, A., Baltaci, A.K. et al. Activity of neutrophil NADPH oxidase in iron-deficient anemia. Biol Trace Elem Res 96, 109–115 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:96:1-3:109
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