Population screening for HFE-associated haemochromatosis: Should we have to pay for our genes?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-52

  Yapp, T R ^a   Eijkelkamp, E J ^c   Powell, Lawrie W ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haemochromatosis; Iron overload; Population screening; Serum ferritin; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

DNA; FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MASS SCREENING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0035002163     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2001.00005.x     Document Type: Review

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