Difference between revisions of "Medical liver disease"

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 *Mutation thought to confer survival advantage - several theories (increased resistance to [[TB]], S. typhi vs. decreased iron deficiency/increased iron absorption).<ref name=pmid18192769/>
-Associated pathology (mnemonic: '''h'''emochromatosis '''c'''an '''c'''ause '''d'''eposits '''a'''nywhere''):<ref>URL: [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/USMLE_Step_2_Review http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/USMLE_Step_2_Review]. Accessed on: 15 March 2012.</ref>
+Associated pathology (mnemonic: '''h'''emochromatosis '''c'''an '''c'''ause '''d'''eposits '''a'''nywhere''):<ref>URL: [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/USMLE_Step_2_Review http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/USMLE_Step_2_Review]. Accessed on: 15 March 2012.</ref><ref name=pmid19034258>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fix | first1 = OK. | last2 = Kowdley | first2 = KV. | title = Hereditary hemochromatosis. | journal = Minerva Med | volume = 99 | issue = 6 | pages = 605-17 | month = Dec | year = 2008 | doi =  | PMID = 19034258 }}</ref>
 *Hypogonadism.
 *[[Cirrhosis]] and [[HCC]].