The wide spectrum of hepatic iron overload

Hepatology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1057-1058

  Manco, Melania ^a   Alisi, Anna ^a   Mosca, Antonella ^a   Nobili, Valerio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IRON OVERLOAD; LETTER; LIVER CELL; LIVER HISTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE;

EID: 79952208074     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24142     Document Type: Letter

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