The consumption of excess alcohol in patients with liver iron storage diseases, in particular the iron-overload disease hereditary haemochromatosis (HH), has important clinical consequences. HH, a common genetic disorder amongst people of European descent, results in a slow, progressive accumulation
Age-related storage of iron in the liver of horses
โ Scribed by W. N. M. Ramsay
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 471 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-7380
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