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[Diagnosis and quantification of iron overload in the liver using MRI].
Radiologia - 1 Jan 2000
Alústiza Echeverría J M, Castiella Eguzkiza A, De Juan Echávarri M, Emparanza Knorr J I, Artetxe Okasar J, Uranga Uranga M, Echevarría Uraga J, Merino Hernández M, Calvo Cenizo M M, Larena Iturbe J A, Altés Hernández A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemochromatosis is the most common cause of iron overload. The diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis has improved since Feder et al. isolated the HFE gene in 1996 and discovered the mutations related with this disease. Nevertheless, in many cases genetic tests for hereditary hemochromatosis are negative. These cases require diagnostic confirmation by quantifying the concentration of iron in the liver...
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