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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Iron Storing Protein Levels May Be Important in Development of Fibromyalgia.

Study shows that ferritin under a clinically important level increased incidence of fibromyalgia by 6 fold. The author concludes that iron as a factor in production of serotonin and dopamine may be important in fibromyalgia.

CiteULike: Association between serum ferritin level and fibromyalgia syndrome.: "Ortancil, O., Sanli, A., Eryuksel, R., Basaran, A., and Ankarali, H. (2010). Association between serum ferritin level and fibromyalgia syndrome. European journal of clinical nutrition, 64(3):308-312."

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