Hepatic iron overload is common in chronic hepatitis B and is more severe in patients coinfected with hepatitis D virus

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sebastiani, G ^a   Tempesta, D ^a   Alberti, A ^b  

^a Dell'Angelo Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

hepatic iron deposits; hepatitis B; hepatitis D virus; serum ferritin; serum iron indices

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IRON;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMPENSATED LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATIC IRON DEPOSIT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS D; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80053598614     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2011.01508.x     Document Type: Article

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