Hereditary hemochromatosis: Missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1010-1015

  Cherfane, Cynthia E ^a   Hollenbeck, Ryan D ^b   Go, Jorge ^a   Brown, Kyle E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hereditary hemochromatosis; Iron overload; Liver disease; Phlebotomy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN; GENETIC MARKER; HFE PROTEIN, HUMAN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HFE GENE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICD-9; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84886411460     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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