Why there is discordance in reported decision thresholds for transferrin saturation when screening for hereditary hemochromatosis [2]

Hepatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1410-1411

  McCullen, Mark A ^a   Crawford, Darrell H G ^a   Dimeski, Goce ^a   Tate, Jill ^a   Hickman, Peter E ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033646228     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2000.20216     Document Type: Letter

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