Panda phlebotomies? The need for comparative screening for haemochromatosis

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9443, 2004, Pages 1384-1385

  Wood, Chris ^a   Clauss, Marcus ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b 5764 Oberschleissheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BEAR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 5644302148     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17237-1     Document Type: Note

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