Iron overload syndromes and the liver.

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Iron can accumulate in the liver in a variety of conditions, including congenital, systemic iron-loading conditions (hereditary hemochromatosis), conditions associated with systemic macrophage iron accumulation (transfusions, hemolytic conditions, anemia of chronic disease, etc), in some hepatitidies (hepatitis C, alcoholic liver disease, porphyria cutanea tarda), and liver-specific iron accumulation of uncertain...

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