Clinical and biochemical abnormalities in people heterozygous for hemochromatosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 1799-1805

  Bulaj, Zaneta J ^a   Griffen, Linda M ^a   Jorde, Lynn B ^a   Edwards, Corwin Q ^a,b   Kushner, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Latter Day Saints Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0029827481     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199612123352403     Document Type: Article

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