Population screening for hemochromatosis

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1324-1327

  Adams, Paul C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MASS SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032955840     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290425     Document Type: Article

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