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Magnetic Resonance Liver Iron Concentration Can Guide Venesection Decision-Making in Hyperferritinemia.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Jun 2023
Bhuva Meha, Patterson Ilse, Godfrey Edmund M, Bowden David J, Griffiths William J H
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BACKGROUND: The clinical benefit of venesection in suspected iron overload can be unclear and serum ferritin may overestimate the degree of iron overload. AIMS: To help inform practice, we examined magnetic resonance liver iron concentration (MRLIC) in a cohort investigated for haemochromatosis. METHODS: One hundred and six subjects with suspected haemochromatosis underwent HFE genotyping and MRLIC with...
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