Estimating iron overload in patients with suspected liver disease and elevated serum ferritin

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1011.e1-1011.e3

  Cippà, Pietro E ^a   Boucsein, Irena ^a   Adams, Heiner ^a   Krayenbuehl, Pierre Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron metabolism; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BIOPSY; BLOOD; LIVER DISEASES; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84908051380     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.03.016     Document Type: Article

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