Liver iron concentration is not raised in patients with dysmetabolic hyperferritinemia

Background & aims. Hyperferritinemia (HF) is frequently present in patients with metabolic syndrome (MS). MS associated with HF is named dysmetabolic hyperferritinemia (DH). There are some publications that propose that DH is associated with a raised liver iron concentration (LIC). We studie...

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Main Authors: Agustin Castiella, Eva Zapata, Leire Zubiaurre, Arantxa Iribarren, Jose M. Alústiza, Pedro Otazua, Emma Salvador, José I. Emparanza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119311421