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Patient-focused outcomes following detection in a hospital-based screening programme for C282Y haemochromatosis.
Internal medicine journal - 1 Aug 2008
McCullen M A, Fletcher L M, Dimeski G, Pink A, Powell L W, Crawford D H G, Hickman P E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Haemochromatosis is a common genetic disease in populations of a northern European origin. However, there is uncertainty as to whether it is a condition that should be screened for. AIMS: To determine the proportion of persons, in a public hospital setting, who were homozygous for the C282Y mutation for hereditary haemochromatosis and the proportion of these persons who would benefit from therapeutic...
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