Article
Hereditary hemochromatosis: population screening based on phenotype in Brazilian blood donors.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2000
Barbosa Kátia Valéria Bastos Dias, de Souza Aécio Flávio Meirelles, Chebli Júlio Maria Fonseca, Proietti Fernando Augusto, Meirelles Ricardo Souza Portes, de Souza Juliano Leite
Abstract excerpt
GOALS: A population of blood donors was screened for hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) based on the phenotype strategy in accordance with the European consensus. STUDY: Nonfasting serum samples were obtained from 1,050 donors. Transferrin saturation (TS) was measured using a threshold of 45%. Donors with a TS > or = 45% were retested in a fasting sample. If TS was elevated, the participants were tested for iron...
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