Testing for HFE-related haemochromatosis

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 73-76

  st John, Andrew T ^a   Stuart, Katherine A ^a   Crawford, Darrell Hg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Iron; Liver; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; FERRITIN; GLUCOSE; HFE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY STUDY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HFE GENE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79958783002     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2011.046     Document Type: Article

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