Distribution of transferin saturations in the African-American population

Blood

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2175-2179

  Gordeuk, Victor R ^a   McLaren, Christine E ^a   Looker, Anne C ^a   Hasselblad, Victor ^a   Brittenham, Gary M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA SYSTEM; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AFRICA; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; DIET; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSFERRIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032520261     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v91.6.2175     Document Type: Article

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