Although the use of liver biopsy has long been the gold standard for diagnosis of hemochromatosis, since the introduction of the genetic test its role has changed to one of primarily prognostic value.

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 ...

Some signs of hemochromatosis can be associated with the complications. A liver biopsy is a procedure that involves removing a small sample of liver tissue. This tissue can be examined and may ...