Serum ferritin concentration predicts hepatic fibrosis better than hepatic iron concentration in human HFE-Haemochromatosis.

Marnie J WoodDarrell H G CrawfordLeesa F WocknerLawrie W PowellGrant A Ramm

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2017)

In haemochromatosis, serum ferritin is a better predictor of fibrosis stage than HIC, gender, steatosis and alcohol. These data support a hypothesis that ferritin may play a role in fibrosis rather than simply acting as a passive indicator of iron storage.

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