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Ferroportin-1 in the recurrence of hepatic iron overload after liver transplantation.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jul 2009
Valenti L, Guido M, Dongiovanni P, Cremonesi L, Fracanzani A L, Fargion S
Abstract excerpt
Hepatic siderosis is frequent in patients with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic hepatitis and considered secondary to advanced liver disease when detected in the explanted liver of cirrhotic patients submitted to transplantation. Here, we document the early recurrence of hepatic iron overload starting from host Kupffer cells and later involving hepatocytes in an Italian male submitted to liver transplantation for...
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