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Measurement of Tissue Non-Heme Iron Content using a Bathophenanthroline-Based Colorimetric Assay
Published on: January 31, 2022
[Hepatic iron overload]
Bruno Turlin1, Pierre Allaume1
1Anatomie pathologique, hôpital Pontchaillou, CHU, 35003 Rennes, France.
Abstract:
Iron is essential for functioning of cells and of the body as a whole. Perls staining allows the histopathological identification of iron deposits. By classifying hepatic siderosis as parenchymal, mesenchymal or mixed, it may guide the search for its etiology. HFE1 hemochromatosis is the most common siderosis. Its diagnosis is currently based on genetic analysis. Its expressivity being variable and its penetrance incomplete, the demonstration of hepatic siderosis may represent a mode of discovery.
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