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SUBMITTER: Chin J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934689 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20191227 1
Development of advanced hepatic fibrosis in HFE Hemochromatosis (HH) is influenced by hepatic iron concentration (HIC) and age. In patients with HH, it is important to assess the likelihood of cirrhosis and thus the need for confirmatory liver biopsy. Therapeutic phlebotomy also provides an estimate of mobilisable iron stores. We determined whether mobilisable iron stores may predict the presence of advanced fibrosis. Retrospective analysis of 137 male and 65 female HH subjects was undertaken. B ...[more]