African Americans at Risk for Increased Iron Stores or Liver Disease

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Dawkins, Fitzroy W ^a   Gordeuk, Victor R ^a   Snively, Beverly M ^b   Lovato, Laura ^b   Barton, James C ^c   Acton, Ronald T ^d   McLaren, Gordon D ^e   Leiendecker Foster, Catherine ^f   McLaren, Christine E ^g   Adams, Paul C ^h   Speechley, Mark ^h   Harris, Emily L ⁱ   Jackson, Sharon ^b   Thomson, Elizabeth J ^j  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN IRON DISORDERS CENTER   (United States)

^d Epidemiology and International Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^j NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

African Americans; HFE; Increased iron stores; Liver disease; Serum ferritin; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENOTYPE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PREVALENCE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 34547492346     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.05.049     Document Type: Article

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