Hereditary juvenile haemochromatosis: A genetically heterogeneous life-threatening iron-storage disease

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 607-618

  Kelly, A L ^a   Rhodes, D A ^a,d   Roland, J M ^b   Schofield, P ^c   Cox, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 6P; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EXON; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INTRON; IRON CHELATION; IRON STORAGE; JUVENILE; MALE; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SIBLING;

EID: 0031755098     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.9.607     Document Type: Article

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