Familial hemochromatosis: Characteristics of the pre-cirrhotic stage in a large kindred

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1977, Pages 197-211

  Rowe, John W ^a,b   Wands, Jack R ^a,b   Mezey, Esteban ^a,b   Waterbury, Larry A ^a,b   Wright, John R ^a,b   Tobin, Jordan ^a,b   Andres, Reubin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIGREE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; IRON; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0017650343     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-197705000-00002     Document Type: Article

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