C282Y and H63D mutation of the hemochromatosis gene in German porphyria cutanea tarda patients

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 439, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-5

  Tannapfel, Andrea ^a   Stölzel, Ulrich ^b   Köstler, Erich ^c   Melz, Steffi ^a   Richter, Matthias ^b   Keim, Volker ^a   Schuppan, Detlef ^d   Wittekind, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Dr Drogula Kliniken   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control; German patients; HFE; Porphyria cutanea tarda

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; LIVER ENZYME; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GERMANY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0034923034     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280100401     Document Type: Article

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