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- noun pathology The presence of an unusually large amount of
ferritin in theblood
Etymologies
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From hyper- + ferritinemia
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Other notable findings at admission were splenomegaly, pancytopenia, hyponatremia, elevated levels of liver enzymes, hyperferritinemia and hypofibrinogenemia.
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This study was limited by the small number of NAFLD subjects with normal ALT, the sample variability of liver biopsy, and the high number of subjects referred to the liver units for hyperferritinemia.
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