A comparative study was performed in which the manganese concentration in liver samples from cases of hemochromato-sis was compared with the manganese concentration of normal liver. A higher mean concentration of liver manganese was found in the former group. The possibility that manganese is involved in the cirrhosis of hemochromatosis is discussed.
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Altstatt et al. (1967) studied this question.