Association of Transferrin Saturation With the Arthropathy of Hereditary Hemochromatosis.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospital Group, Murdoch, Western Australia.

Published: October 2017

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