Is there a threshold of hepatic iron concentration that leads to cirrhosis in C282Y hemochromatosis?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 567-569

  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

GENE PRODUCT; IRON; PROTEIN C282Y; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035124088     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02265-6     Document Type: Article

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