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Hyperferritinemia  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A finding of elevated serum level of FERRITIN. It is often associated with IRON OVERLOAD, repeated blood transfusions, malignancy, iron metabolic syndromes, virus infection, liver injury or dysfunction, and renal failure. Hyperferritinemia in iron metabolic syndromes (e.g., Still's diseases, and HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME) is referred to as dysmetabolic hyperferritinemia.

Synonym(s)

  • Elevated Serum Ferritin
  • Raised Serum Ferritin

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WLSXPF4G-0

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