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Genotypic/phenotypic correlations in genetic hemochromatosis: evolution of diagnostic criteria.
Gastroenterology - 1 Feb 1998
Adams P C, Chakrabarti S
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: The identification of a candidate gene for hereditary hemochromatosis in 69%-100% of patients with hemochromatosis has resulted in a diagnostic genotypic test (C282Y). The aim of this study was to reassess the phenotypic diagnostic criteria for hemochromatosis in patients homozygous for the C282Y mutation of the HFE gene. METHODS: Transferrin saturation, ferritin, hepatic iron index, and iron...
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