Compound heterozygous patients show no more than mild liver iron loading. The decision whether or not to recommend liver biopsy in C282Y/H63D patients with abnormal serum iron indices and/or liver function tests should be based on the need to evaluate liver damage rather than solely to assess liver iron loading.
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