A diagnostic approach to hyperferritinemia with a non-elevated transferrin saturation

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 453-458

  Adams, Paul C ^a   Barton, James C ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemochromatosis; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHLEBOTOMY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 79960457134     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.02.010     Document Type: Review

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