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Screening for hereditary haemochromatosis within families and beyond.
Lancet (London, England) - 6 Dec 2003
McCune C Anne, Ravine David, Worwood Mark, Jackson Helen A, Evans H Martyn, Hutton David
Abstract excerpt
Screening programmes for haemochromatosis that include follow-up identification of relatives are claimed to be cost effective. We assessed uptake of screening by first-degree relatives of two groups of index cases: people homozygous for the C282Y mutation ascertained by genetic screening of blood donors; and patients presenting clinically with haemochro matosis. Only 40 (24%) of 165 relatives of blood donors had...
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