Screening for Hemochromatosis in Asymptomatic Subjects With or Without a Family History | Zendy

Lawrie W. Powell | Zendy; Jeannette L. Dixon | Zendy; Grant A. Ramm | Zendy; David M. Purdie | Zendy; Douglas Lincoln | Zendy; Gregory J. Anderson | Zendy; V. Nathan Subramaniam | Zendy; David G. Hewett | Zendy; J. Searle | Zendy; Linda Fletcher | Zendy; Dorothy H. Crawford | Zendy; Helen Rodgers | Zendy; Katrina J. Allen | Zendy; Juleen A. Cavanaugh | Zendy; Mark L. Bassett | Zendy

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Screening for Hemochromatosis in Asymptomatic Subjects With or Without a Family History

Author(s) -

Lawrie W. Powell,

Jeannette L. Dixon,

Grant A. Ramm,

David M. Purdie,

Douglas Lincoln,

Gregory J. Anderson,

V. Nathan Subramaniam,

David G. Hewett,

J. Searle,

Linda Fletcher,

Dorothy H. Crawford,

Helen Rodgers,

Katrina J. Allen,

Juleen A. Cavanaugh,

Mark L. Bassett

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.166.3.294

Subject(s) - hemochromatosis , asymptomatic , family history , hereditary hemochromatosis , medicine , psychology

Hemochromatosis in white subjects is mostly due to homozygosity for the common C282Y substitution in HFE. Although clinical symptoms are preventable by early detection of the genetic predisposition and prophylactic treatment, population screening is not currently advocated because of the discrepancy between the common mutation prevalence and apparently lower frequency of clinical disease. This study compared screening for hemochromatosis in subjects with or without a family history.

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