Are haemochromatosis mutations related to the severity of liver disease in hepatitis C virus infection?

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-156

  Martinelli, Ana L C ^a,b   Franco, Rendrik F ^a   Villanova, Marcia G ^a   Figueiredo, José F C ^a   Secaf, Marie ^a   Tavella, Marli H ^a   Ramalho, Leandra N Z ^b   Zucoloto, Sérgio ^b   Zago, Marco A ^a  

^a FUNDHERP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Haemochromatosis; HCV; Hepatitis; HFE; Iron overload; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; FERRITIN; HISTIDINE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033369104     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000040991     Document Type: Article

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