Hemochromatosis: Pumping too much iron

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 25-29

  Regan, Elizabeth Neville ^a  

^a SUBURBAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHLEBOTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; CHELATING AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHLEBOTOMY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67849085308     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000352285.81981.d5     Document Type: Article

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