Hyperferritinemia in the Chinese and Asian community: A retrospective review of the University of British Columbia experience

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-40

  Yenson, Paul R ^a   Yoshida, Eric M ^b   Li, Charles H ^a   Chung, Henry V ^c   Tsang, Peter W K ^a  

^a Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre Vancouver Coastal Health   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asian; Chinese; Ferritin; Hyperferritinemia; Iron

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HFE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ASIAN; CANADA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PHLEBOTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 40749121624     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/245096     Document Type: Review

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