Article
Importance of establishing appropriate local reference values for the screening of hemochromatosis: a study of three different control populations and 136 hemochromatosis family members. Hemochromatosis Clinical and Research Group.
The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Mar 1992
Porto G, Vicente C, Fraga J, da Silva B M, de Sousa M
Abstract excerpt
Hemochromatosis is a human leukocyte antigen-linked (HLA-linked), potentially lethal disorder of iron metabolism with a high prevalence in white populations albeit an autosomal recessive mode of transmission. The diagnosis and treatment at early stages of the disease are critical to the preventio...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alcohol Drinking
- Child
- Family Health
- Female
- Ferritins
- Hemochromatosis
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Iron
- Male
- Mass Screening
- Middle Aged