A rapid method of haplotyping HFE mutations and linkage disequilibrium in a Caucasoid population

Gut

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 566-569

  Mullighan, C G ^a   Bunce, M ^a   Fanning, G C ^a   Marshall, S E ^a   Welsh, K I ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemochromatosis; HFE; Linkage disequilibrium; PCR SSP

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031950219     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.42.4.566     Document Type: Article

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