Hepatic iron overload in blacks and whites: A comparative autopsy study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1594-1598

  Brown, Kyle E ^a   Khan, Chaudhary M ^b   Zimmerman, M Bridget ^b   Brunt, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EID: 0038721671     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07538.x     Document Type: Article

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