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Hemochromatosis (Iron Overload) (cont.)

Author and Editor

Author: Saimak T. Nabili, MD, MPH

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

References:
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Edwards, CQ, Griffen, LM, Goldgar, D, et al. Prevalence of hemochromatosis among 11,065 presumably healthy blood donors. N Engl J Med 1988; 318:1355.

Phatak, P, Bonkovsky, HL, Kowdley, K. Hereditary Hemochromatosis: Time for targeted screening. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:270-272.

Harrison's Principles on Internal Medicine, 1998


Last Editorial Review: 6/5/2009




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