Analysis of haemochromatosis gene mutations in a population from the Mediterranean Basin

Liver

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 233-236

  Campo, Salvatore ^a   Restuccia, Tea ^a   Villari, Daniela ^a   Raffa, Giuseppina ^a   Cucinotta, Domenico ^a   Squadrito, Giovanni ^a   Pollicino, Teresa ^a   Raimondo, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Ethnic origin; HFE; Liver diseases; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 0034919182     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0676.2001.021004233.x     Document Type: Article

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