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African iron overload.

Seminars in hematology - 1 Oct 2002

Gordeuk Victor R

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Iron overload is common in rural sub-Saharan African populations that have the custom of drinking a traditional fermented beverage with high iron content. As with both excessive alcohol exposure and HFE hemochromatosis, hepatic portal fibrosis and micronodular cirrhosis are prominent sequelae of...

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PMID: 12382201
DOI: 10.1053/shem.2002.35636

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