Prevalence of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in screening-detected C282Y homozygous subjects [1]

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 782-783

  Åsberg, Arne ^a   Hveem, Kristian ^b   Halvorsen, Tore B ^a   Smethurst, Hanne Brit G ^a  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Innherred Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HFE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34248560925     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520601076058     Document Type: Letter

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