Iron overload in viral and alcoholic liver disease

Journal of Hepatology, Supplement

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-20

  Adams, Paul C ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; FERRITIN; HISTIDINE; INTERFERON; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TYROSINE; VIRUS RNA;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; PHLEBOTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIDEROSIS;

EID: 0031967972     PISSN: 01695185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(98)80370-x     Document Type: Short Survey

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