Population screening for hemochromatosis: A comparison of unbound iron- binding capacity, transferrin saturation, and C282Y genotyping in 5,211 voluntary blood donors

Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1160-1164

  Adams, Paul C ^a,d   Kertesz, Ann E ^a   Mclaren, Christine E ^a   Barr, Robert ^a   Bamford, Anthony ^b   Chakrabarti, Subrata C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Canadian Red Cross Society   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034056799     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/he.2000.6984     Document Type: Article

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