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Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and iron: increased prevalence of mutations of the HFE gene in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Sept 1999
Bonkovsky H L, Jawaid Q, Tortorelli K, LeClair P, Cobb J, Lambrecht R W, Banner B F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is increasingly recognized, and its pathogenesis is believed to involve increased oxidative stress. Elevated levels of serum ferritin and positive liver iron stains are often observed in patients with NASH, and the pathogenesis of liver injury due to iron is also thought to involve oxidative stress. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is an...
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