Screening Strategies for Hemochromatosis

  1. Pradyumna D. Phatak, MD;
  2. Herbert L. Bonkovsky, MD; and
  3. Kris V. Kowdley, MD
  1. From Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY 14621; Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC 28232; and Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98101.

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    We appreciate Dr. Thachil's comments regarding the value of serum ferritin measurement as an adjunctive test to serum transferrin–iron saturation in the diagnostic algorithm for hereditary hemochromatosis. We agree that the serum ferritin level is the most useful noninvasive measure of body iron stores in patients with hemochromatosis and can help determine the need for therapeutic …

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