hepatic iron index

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Clinical significance

  • expression of iron content of the liver
  • hepatic iron (mol)/dry weight of liver (g)/age of patient (years)
  • an index of > 2.0 is consistent with hemochromatosis

Increases

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
  2. ↑ Panel of 3 tests Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: http://www.aruplab.com/guides/ug/tests/0028250.jsp
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