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Research Article

Benefit of Population-based Screening for Phenotypic Hemochromatosis in Young Men

A. Åsberg
,
S. Tretli
,
K. Hveem
&
K. S. Bjerve
Pages 1212-1219 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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