Article
Population screening for haemochromatosis: expectations based on a study of relatives of symptomatic probands.
Journal of medical screening - 1 Jan 1996
Bradley L A, Haddow J E, Palomaki G E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The frequency of symptomatic haemochromatosis in the general population and the potential efficacy of population screening is uncertain. Data from family members of clinically diagnosed index cases were used to estimate the frequency of the haemochromatosis genotype, the proportion of...
Topics
- Adult
- Blood Specimen Collection
- Family
- Fasting
- Female
- Ferritins
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Testing
- Genotype
- Hemochromatosis
- Humans
- Iron
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Risk
- Transferrin