Aetiology of severe iron overload in a family with hereditary haemolytic anaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1179-1181

  Dykes, Annk ^a   Gürtler, Volker ^b   Firkin, Frank ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

C282Y mutation; Erythroid hyperplasia; Haemochromatosis; Haemolytic anaemia; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROID CELL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HEMOLYSIS; HEREDITARY HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROCYTOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031697443     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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