Genotypic/phenotypic heterogeneity of selective vitamin B12 malabsorption (Grasbeck-Imerslund syndrome) in two Bedouin families

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 424-425

  Ismail, E A R ^a,d   Al Saleh, Q ^a   Sabry, M A ^b   Al Ghanim, M ^c   Zaki, M ^a  

^a FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c AL JAHRA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^d NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; intestinal malabsorption; intrinsic factor receptors; X linked inheritance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0030890829     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb09035.x     Document Type: Article

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