Hereditary hyperferritinaemia-cataract syndrome and differential diagnosis of hereditary haemochromatosis

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 936, 2003, Pages 600-601

  Sanders, S J ^a   Suri, M ^a   Ross, I ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Newark Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CATARACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FERRITINS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0345275998     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.936.600     Document Type: Article

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