Diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis in the era of genetic testing

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2988-2994

  Trieß, Christiane ^a   Von Figura, Guido ^a   Stuhrmann, Manfred ^b   Butzeck, Barbara ^c   Krayenbuehl, Pierre A ^d   Strnad, Pavel ^a   Kulaksiz, Hasan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Hemochromatosis Association Germany (HVD)   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Spital Waldshut GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Genetic test; Hemochromatosis; HFE

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HFE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HAND PAIN; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WRIST PAIN;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871616702     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2243-z     Document Type: Article

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