"These results justify iron depletion"
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/extract/31/3/e18
Diabetes Care. 2008 Jan;31(1):3-8. Epub 2007 Oct 24. Links
Bloodletting ameliorates insulin sensitivity and secretion in parallel
to reducing liver iron in carriers of HFE gene mutations.
Equitani F, Fernandez-Real JM, Menichella G, Koch M, Calvani M, Nobili
V, Mingrone G, Manco M.
Transfusion Medicine, SanFilippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy.
OBJECTIVE:
To clarify the pathogenesis of diabetes associated with mutations of
the hemochromatosis (HFE) gene, 17 carriers, 9 normal glucose tolerant
(NGT) and 8 diabetic, were evaluated in an interventional...