Prevalence of Hemochromatosis among 11,065 Presumably Healthy Blood Donors

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 318, Issue 21, 1988, Pages 1355-1362

  Edwards, Corwin Q ^a   Griffen, Linda M ^a   Goldgar, David ^a   Drummond, Charles ^a   Skolnick, Mark H ^a   Kushner, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

BLOOD DONOR; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEREDITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0023901798     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198805263182103     Document Type: Article

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