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Clinical utility and outcome of HFE-genotyping in the search for hereditary hemochromatosis

✍ Scribed by Jokke Hannuksela; Onni Niemelä; Mari Leppilampi; Anna-Kaisa Parkkila; Pirjo Koistinen; Pentti Nieminen; Seppo Parkkila


Book ID
117074908
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
134 KB
Volume
331
Category
Article
ISSN
0009-8981

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