Hereditary hemochromatosis is an inherited iron overload ... is associated with a very low likelihood of cirrhosis, making liver biopsy unnecessary among C282Y homozygotes in the absence of ...

and those subjects identified by this process were then confirmed by genetic testing and/or liver biopsy as having hemochromatosis. Of 147 liver biopsies performed, 4 men and no women were found ...

The team collected liver samples from five patients with hemochromatosis and five with ... which involves sectioning the ...