Determinants of iron status and bilirubin levels in congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia type I

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 522-525

  Wickramasinghe, S N ^a,c   Thein, S L ^b   Srichairatanakool, S ^d   Porter, J B ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia type I; Gilbert's syndrome; HFE gene mutations; Non transferrin bound serum iron; Serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0032746978     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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