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Liver iron accumulation in chronic hepatitis C patients without HFE mutations: relationships with histological damage, viral load and genotype and alpha-glutathione S-transferase levels.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Nov 2001
Giannini E, Mastracci L, Botta F, Romagnoli P, Fasoli A, Risso D, Faravelli F, Ceppa P, Lantieri P B, Icardi G C, Testa R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Host and viral factors have been suggested as possible causative factors for the presence of liver iron accumulation in chronic hepatitis C. However, there is no agreement regarding the influence of liver iron accumulation on the biochemical and histological severity of chronic hepatitis C. Moreover, data concerning the relationships between both viral load and genotype and liver iron accumulation are...
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