Article
[Practical management of HFE hemochromatosis].
La Revue du praticien - 15 Dec 2006
Brissot Pierre, Bismuth Michaël, Peynaud-Debayle Edith, de Bels Frédéric
Abstract excerpt
HFE-linked, or type 1, hemochromatosis is by far, in the causasians, the most frequent form of chronic iron overload of genetic origin. Its practical management has been recently defined by the French Agency "Haute Autorité de santé". It rests upon a new classification of phenotypic expression. This staging comprises 5 grades according to the combined results of plasma transferrin saturation, ferritinemia and...
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