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Hepatic lipid peroxidation in hereditary hemochromatosis and alcoholic liver injury.
The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 May 1999
Niemelä O, Parkkila S, Britton R S, Brunt E, Janney C, Bacon B
Abstract excerpt
Studies in experimental animals have indicated that enhanced lipid peroxidation may play a role in the hepatic injury produced by iron overload or by excessive alcohol consumption. The aim of this study was to compare the formation of lipid peroxidation-derived aldehydes in the liver of patients with hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) and alcohol abuse. Liver biopsy specimens from 10 nondrinking patients with HH...
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