Word: ostersund
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Dates: during 1978-1978
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...disease has always been regarded as extremely rare. But doctors at Ostersund Hospital and in the Swedish district of Hede have just reported a surprising number of cases. After seeing ten cases in two years, Dr. K. Sigvard Olsson and colleagues screened 347 people, 96.4% of the total community between the ages of 30 to 39, for the disorder. No women, but four out of almost 200 men-"a remarkably high figure" of 2%-showed early signs of hemochromatosis...
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