Haemochromatosis gene mutations and risk of coronary artery disease

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 389-392

  Battiloro, Eva ^d   Ombres, Domenico ^a   Pascale, Ester ^b   D'Ambrosio, Ettore ^c   Verna, Roberto ^d   Arca, Marcello ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Policlinico Umberto I ^*

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Haemochromatosis; Iron; Linkage; Mutations

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034089969     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200465     Document Type: Article

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