Hepatic iron overload associated with self-medication

A patient with the incidental finding of an elevated serum ferritin level was found to have hepatic iron overload associated with iron injections. Liver disease is an example of one of the potential complications of folk remedies or patient self-medication that physicians may encounter, especially a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Ala.), 1995-06, Vol.88 (6), p.654-656
Hauptverfasser:	al-Samman, M, Hernandez, J A, Zuckerman, M J, Dudrey, E F, Moldes, O
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Diagnosis, Differential Female Ferritins - blood Humans Iron - blood Iron - pharmacokinetics Iron - poisoning Liver - drug effects Liver - metabolism Liver - pathology Middle Aged Self Medication - adverse effects Transferrin - analysis
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