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Screening blood donors for hereditary hemochromatosis: decision analysis model comparing genotyping to phenotyping.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jun 1999
Adams P C, Valberg L S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The identification of a gene for hereditary hemochromatosis in 69-100% of typical hemochromatosis patients has resulted in a genotypic test to identify persons with the typical missense mutation. Population screening by genotyping has the potential to reduce screening costs because of a high specificity of the genetic test. METHODS: Decision analysis techniques are used to compare the outcome, utility,...
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