NIDDK Central Repository - Elevated Serum Ferritin Values Above the Upper Limit of Normal Are Associated With Laboratory and Histologic Evidence of Increased NASH Severity, but Not the Presence of Diabetes or Metabolic Syndrome Among Patients in the NASH CRN

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Publication Information

Public Release Type

Journal

Publication Year

2011

Authors

Belt PH, Chalasani N, Kowdley K, Nelson JE, Sanyal A, Tetri BA, Wilson L, Yeh MM

Studies

PIVENS

Citation

Nelson JE, Belt PH, Wilson L, Yeh MM, Tetri BA, Chalasani N, Sanyal A, Kowdley K. Elevated Serum Ferritin Values Above the Upper Limit of Normal Are Associated With Laboratory and Histologic Evidence of Increased NASH Severity, but Not the Presence of Diabetes or Metabolic Syndrome Among Patients in the NASH CRN. Gastroenterology 2011 May;140(Issue 5, Supplement 1):S727.

Abstract

The relationship of serum ferritin (SF) to histologic severity in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is unclear.