Prevalence of hemochromatosis among first-time and repeat blood donors in Norway

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 272-279

  Bell, Helge ^a   Thordal, Carsten ^a   Raknerud, Nils ^a   Hansen, Torbjørn ^b   Bosnes, Vidar ^b   Halvorsn, Ragnhild ^b   Heier, Hans Erik ^b   Try, Kenneth ^b   Leivestad, Torbjørn ^c   Thomassen, Yngvar ^d  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

blood donors; ferritin; hemochromatosis; hepatic iron index; prevalence

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031040065     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80041-4     Document Type: Article

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