Prevalence of hereditary haemochromatosis in two Swedish urban areas

• Published in: Journal of Internal Medicine
• Main Authors: HALLBERG, L., BJÖRN‐RASMUSSEN, E., JUNGNER, I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1989
• Subjects: Hanes; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1989.tb00074.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2796.1989.tb00074.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1989.tb00074.x

Abstract. The prevalence of hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) was studied in Stockholm and Göteborg, the two largest cities in Sweden, using screening with transferrin saturation in combination with serum ferritin and further clinical and laboratory examinations. In Göteborg, none of 1660 men aged 50...