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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in Asian Indians is neither associated with iron overload nor with HFE gene mutations.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Jan 2005
Duseja Ajay, Das Reena, Nanda Mohit, Das Ashim, Garewal Gurjeewan, Chawla Yogesh
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AIM: The pathogenesis of occurrence of liver inflammation and fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is not completely understood. Other than insulin resistance, iron abnormalities have been thought to be one of the triggering factors. Therefore, our aim was to study the ro...
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