Unsaturated iron binding capacity and transferrin saturation are equally reliable in detection of HFE hemochromatosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2093-2099

  Murtagh, Luke J ^a   Whiley, Michael ^b   Wilson, Susan ^c   Tran, Huy ^b   Bassett, Mark L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ACT Pathology ^*  (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BAYES THEOREM; FERRITINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MUTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0036678370     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04284-3     Document Type: Article

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