Hemochromatosis with HFE gene mutation in a Japanese patient

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2487-2488

  Sohda, Tetsuro ^a,b   Okubo, Ryoko ^a,b   Kamimura, Seiichiro ^a,b   Ohkawara, Tsunenobu ^a,b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HFE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 0034881731     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02621-1     Document Type: Article

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