Histological evaluation of iron in liver biopsies: Relationship to HFE mutations

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1788-1793

  Brunt, Elizabeth M ^a   Olynyk, John K ^c   Britton, Robert S ^b   Janney, Christine G ^a   Di Bisceglie, Adrian M ^b   Bacon, Bruce R ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b School of Medicine   (United States)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; LIVER BIOPSY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033932289     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00967-9     Document Type: Article

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