Case 33-2006: A 43-year-old man with diabetes, hypogonadism, cirrhosis, arthralgias, and fatigue

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1812-1819

  Chung, Raymond T ^a,b   Misdraji, Joseph ^a,b   Sahani, Dushyant V ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; LIVER; PATHOLOGY;

HFE PROTEIN, HUMAN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; IRON; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 33750330572     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc069024     Document Type: Article

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