HFE gene mutation and transferrin saturation in very low birthweight infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Maier, Rolf F ^a   Witt, Heiko ^b   Bührer, Christoph ^a   Mönch, Eberhard ^b   Köttgen, Eckart ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

HFE gene mutation; Transfertin saturation

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0032794138     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.81.2.F144     Document Type: Article

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