Iron overload in patients with sideroblastic anaemia is not related to the presence of the haemochromatosis Cys282Tyr and His63Asp mutations

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 97-99

  Beris, P ^a,d   Samii, K ^a   Darbellay, R ^a   Zoumbos, N ^b   Tsoplou, P ^b   Kourakli, A ^b   Preud'homme, C ^c   Fenaux, P ^c  

^a Divisions of Haematology   (Switzerland)

^b Divisions of Haematology   (Greece)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genetic haemochromatosis; HFE gene; Ineffective erythropoiesis; Serum ferritin; Sideroblastic anaemia

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; FERRITIN; HISTIDINE; IRON; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, SIDEROBLASTIC; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 0032901850     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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