Measurement of liver iron content by magnetic resonance imaging in 20 patients with overt porphyria cutanea tarda before phlebotomy therapy: a prospective study.

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Liver iron content was evaluated by a magnetic resonance imaging-based method in 20 consecutive patients with either sporadic or familial porphyria cutanea tarda. Serum ferritin, hepatitis C infection and the presence of the 2 main mutations of the hemochromatosis gene were also investigated. All patients showed good clinical response to phlebotomy. Initial liver iron content was normal (< 40 micromol/g) in 9...

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