Liver damage in Italian patients with hereditary hemochromatosis is highly influenced by hepatitis B and C virus infection

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 364-368

  Piperno, A ^a   Fargion, S ^b   D'Alba, R ^a   Roffi, L ^a   Fracanzani, A L ^a   Vecchi, L ^c   Failla, M ^a   Fiorelli, G ^a  

^a Institute of Biomedical Sciences   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; HCV RNA; Iron damage; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0027095744     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(05)80671-3     Document Type: Article

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