Hereditary Hemochromatosis: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-201

  Fowler, Christopher ^a,b  

^a METHODIST DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HFE PROTEIN, HUMAN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHLEBOTOMY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECESSIVE GENE; REVIEW;

CRITICAL CARE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHLEBOTOMY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 42049084417     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2008.01.003     Document Type: Review

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