Hemochromatosis Genetic Screening: Is Screening Accurate
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Is Screening Accurate?
HFE screening accurately locates the gene that causes hereditary hemochromatosis about 80% of the time. You may have HFE mutations and not have the disease, or you may have symptoms of the disease but gene testing does not find any mutations.1
| Last updated: | April 30, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine, Brian Leber, MDCM, FRCPC - Hematology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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