Synergic effect of chronic hepatitis C infection and beta thalassemia major with marked hepatic iron overload on liver fibrosis: a retrospective cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Increased hepatic iron is assumed to potentiate progression towards liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In this study we have evaluated the potentiating effect of marked hepatic iron overload and chronic HCV infection on hepatic fibrosis in thalassemic patients....

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Autores principales: Ardalan, Farid Azmoudeh, Osquei, Mohammad RF, Toosi, Mohsen N, Irvanloo, Guiti
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC514547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15307893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-4-17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC514547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15307893
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-4-17

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