Mutation analysis in the HFE gene in patients with hereditary haemochromatosis in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (Quebec, Canada)

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 854-858

  Rivard, Sylvain R ^a,b   Mura, Catherine ^c   Simard, Hervé ^d   Simard, Raynald ^d   Grimard, Doria ^a   Le Gac, Gérald ^c   Raguenes, Odile ^c   Férec, Claude ^c   De Braekeleer, Marc ^e,f  

^a Laboratoire de Microbiologie   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c Etablissement de Transfus S   (France)

^d Departement d'hematologie oncologie   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Haemochromatosis; Mutation analysis; Prevalence; Quebec

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC;

EID: 0034026945     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.01954.x     Document Type: Article

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