The haemochromatosis mutations do not modify the clinical picture of thalassaemia major in patients regularly transfused and chelated

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 813-816

  Borgna Pignatti, Caterina ^a,g   Solinas, Agostina ^a   Bombieri, Cristina ^b   Micciolo, Rocco ^c   Gamberini, Maria Rita ^d   De Stefano, Piero ^e   De Menis, Ernesto ^f   Pignatti, Pier Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^f Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^g Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cooley's anaemia; Haemochromatosis; HLA linked mutations; Iron overload; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IRON OVERLOAD; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHELATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 0031759616     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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