Screening of patients with iron overload to identify hemochromatosis and porphyria cutanea tarda

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1098-1101

  O'Reilly, F M ^a,c   Darby, C ^a   Fogarty, J ^a   Tormey, W ^b   Kay, E W ^b   Leader, M ^b   Murphy, G M ^b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0030987674     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.133.9.1098     Document Type: Article

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