Determination of gene frequencies for two common haemochromatosis mutations in the Danish population by a novel polymerase chain reaction with sequence-specific primers

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 230-235

  Steffensen, R ^a   Varming, K ^a   Jersild, C ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Danes; Haemochromatosis; HFE gene; PCR SSP

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031715898     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb03037.x     Document Type: Article

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