Hepatic iron overload in patients with chronic viral hepatitis: Role of HFE gene mutations

Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 1105-1109

  Piperno, Alberto ^a,c   Vergani, Anna ^a   Malosio, Ida ^a,b   Parma, Laura ^a   Fossati, Laura ^a   Ricci, Alessandra ^a   Bovo, Giorgio ^c   Boari, Giuseppe ^d   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIDEROSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0031706520     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280427     Document Type: Article

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