Correlation between genotype and phenotype in hereditary hemochromatosis: Analysis of 61 cases

Blood Cells, Molecules and Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 314-320

  Sham, Ronald L ^a   Ou, Chin Yih ^b   Cappuccio, Joseph ^a   Braggins, Caroline ^a   Dunnigan, Karin ^a   Phatak, Pradyumna D ^a  

^a ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; HFE; HLA H; Iron; Liver; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; IRON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON KINETICS; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0031213521     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.1997.0148     Document Type: Article

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