Role of liver biopsy in the diagnosis of hepatic iron overload in the era of genetic testing

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-81

  Nash, Shirin ^a   Marconi, Sharon ^a   Sikorska, Krystyna ^a   Naeem, Rizwan ^a   Nash, Gerald ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

HFE mutations; Iron overload; Liver biopsy; Steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 0036303553     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/4A4U-N4GL-DRP3-EQPD     Document Type: Article

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