HFE Mutations in Caucasian Participants of the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study with Serum Ferritin Level <1000 μg/L

Paul C Adams; Christine E McLaren; Mark Speechley; Gordon D McLaren; James C Barton; John H Eckfeldt

doi:10.1155/2013/493170

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2013)

HFE Mutations in Caucasian Participants of the Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload Screening Study with Serum Ferritin Level <1000 μg/L

Paul C Adams,
Christine E McLaren,
Mark Speechley,
Gordon D McLaren,
James C Barton,
John H Eckfeldt

Affiliations

Paul C Adams: London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
Christine E McLaren: Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
Mark Speechley: Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Gordon D McLaren: Department of Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
James C Barton: Southern Iron Disorders Center, Birmingham, Alabama, Canada
John H Eckfeldt: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/493170
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27, no. 7
pp. 390 – 392

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Many patients referred for an elevated serum ferritin level <1000 μg/L are advised that they likely have iron overload and hemochromatosis.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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