Hemochromatosis and any other condition that results in iron overload can have disease consequences for the liver. The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) provides the following educational opportunities to learn about liver health.
Best of the Liver Meeting 2009
http://www.aasld.org/thelivermeeting/bestoflm09/Pages/default.aspx
2009 Postgraduate Course
Keeping the Patient with End-stage Cirrhosis Alive
Course Directors: Arun J. Sanyal, MD; Kris Kowdley, MD; and Hugo E. Vargas, MD
(30 presentations)
State-of-the-Art Lectures
The Biology and Therapeutic Potential of Small RNAs
Philip A. Sharp, PhD
What Is Critical for Liver Surgery and Partial Liver Transplantation--Size or Quality?
Pierre A. Clavien, MD, PhD
Hemochromatosis--A New Disease Paradigm
Antonello Pietrangelo, MD, PhD
Posted on Fri, February 19, 2010
by David Garrison