Hemochromatosis: The genetic disorder of the twenty-first century. Recent molecular genetics and public health efforts are aimed at understanding, detecting and treating this common but underrecognized disorder

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 394-395

  Barton, James C ^a   Bertoli, Luigi F ^a  

^a Brookwood Medical Center Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

CHROMOSOME 6; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HLA SYSTEM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MASS SCREENING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; FORECASTING; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0029953753     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0496-394     Document Type: Article

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