OTHER METALS, including copper, aluminum, etc.

• COMPARATIVE NUTRITION OF IRON AND COPPER Annu. Rev. Nutr. 1997 Joy J. Winzerling and John H. Law Departments of Biochemistry, Entomology, and Nutritional Sciences and the Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721

• Current diagnosis: hereditary metabolic diseases of the liver  Primary Hemochromatosis, Wilson disease,  Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax 1996 Nov [article in German]

• DMT1 gene expression and cadmium absorption in human absorptive enterocytes.  
  Toxicol Lett. 2001 Jun 20  Divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) is a transmembrane, proton-coupled metal ion transporter that is upregulated in the duodenum of iron-deficient rodents and in hereditary hemochromatosis patients, suggesting that it may constitute a key factor in the uptake of dietary iron.  In summary, our results indicate that the uptake of cadmium into human absorptive enterocytes may be mediated by DMT1.

• Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Alzheimer's:  Causes (?) and Treatment 
  by Darrell Stoddard   Copyright 2001

• Hemochromatosis and Wilson disease: diagnosis and treatment  
  Chapter 20 in the book: "Evidence Based Gastroenterology and Hepatology"   Paul C. Adams.

• Hemochromatosis:  Genetics, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment, "Introduction to Hemochromatosis"  Part I,  by Barton & Edwards.  Except from their book, [a pdf file] This is a large & excellent book covering all areas of hemochromatosis.  Published in 2000, $225.00

• Increased cerebral iron uptake in Wilson's disease: a 52Fe-citrate PET study.
  J Nucl Med 2000 May Toxicity of abundant copper is the main cause of brain and liver tissue damage in patients with Wilson's disease (WD). However, there is also evidence of a disturbed iron metabolism in this genetically determined disorder.

• Iron accumulation in the liver of male patients with Wilson's disease.  
  Iron overload related to hypoceruloplasminemia may be clinically important, particularly in male patients with Wilson's disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2001 Nov

• Is Parkinson's disease the heterozygote form of Wilson's disease: PD = 1/2 WD? 
  Med Hypotheses 2001 Feb

• Reduced serum ceruloplasmin levels in hereditary haemochromatosis. Br J Haematol 2001 Jul

• The Roles of Iron in Health and Disease 
  [87pages, pdf file] Molecular Aspects of Medicine 22 [2001] 

• Zellweger Syndrome Information Page  
  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke   The most common features of Zellweger syndrome include an enlarged liver, high levels of iron and copper in the blood, and vision disturbances.

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