Mutation analysis of the HFE gene associated with hereditary hemochromatosis in African Americans

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-217

  Monaghan, Kristin G ^a   Rybicki, Benjamin A ^a   Shurafa, Muhammad ^a   Feldman, Gerald L ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Carrier frequency; Hemochromatosis; HFE; Mutation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEGRO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031814935     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199807)58:3<213::AID-AJH9>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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