Normal serum iron and ferritin concentrations in patients with Friedreich's ataxia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 132-134

  Wilson, Robert B ^a   Lynch, David R ^a   Fischbeck, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON CHELATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON CHELATION; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FERRITINS; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; IRON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031903392     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440121     Document Type: Article

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