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International
Canada
●British Columbia (BC) Guidelines: High ferritin and iron overload – Investigation and management (2021)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't order HFE genotyping based on serum ferritin values alone to diagnose hereditary hemochromatosis (updated 2020)
United States
●Choosing Wisely: Don't order HFE genetic testing for a patient without iron overload or a family history of HFE-associated hereditary hemochromatosis (2015, updated 2021)
●American College of Gastroenterology (ACG): Clinical guideline on hereditary hemochromatosis (2019)
Europe
United Kingdom
●British Society for Haematology (BSH): Guideline for the diagnosis and therapy of genetic haemochromatosis, review and 2017 update (published 2018)
●BSH: Guideline for the investigation and management of a raised serum ferritin (2018)