Does liver biopsy overestimate liver iron concentration? [12]

Blood

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 778-

  Fischer, Roland ^a   Harmatz, Paul ^a   Nielsen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; DEFERASIROX; IRON; PARAFFIN;

BIOMAGNETISM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG SAFETY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRCULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; THALASSEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745965247     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-03-009167     Document Type: Letter

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