Excess alcohol greatly increases the prevalence of cirrhosis in hereditary hemochromatosis

Gastroenterology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 281-289

  Fletcher, Linda M ^a   Dixon, Jeannette L ^b   Purdie, David M ^b   Powell, Lawrie W ^b   Crawford, Darrell H G ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036163634     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.30992     Document Type: Article

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