Extreme hyperferritinaemia; Clinical causes

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 438-440

  Crook, Martin A ^a,b,c,d   Walker, Patrick L C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 84876752578     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2012-201090     Document Type: Article

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