Prevalence of genetic hemochromatosis in a cohort of Italian patients with diabetes mellitus

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 370-373

  Conte, Dario ^a   Manachino, Domenico ^b   Colli, Agostino ^c   Guala, Andrea ^b   Aimo, Giampiero ^d   Andreoletti, Marco ^e   Corsetti, Maura ^a   Fraquelli, Mirella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Medicina Interna   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento Medicina Interna   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento Medicina Interna   (Italy)

^e Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032030707     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00005     Document Type: Article

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