Haemochromatosis gene mutations in a clustered Italian population: Evidence of high prevalence in people of Celtic ancestry

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 445-451

  Pozzato, Gabriele ^a   Zorat, Francesca ^a   Nascimben, Fabiana ^a   Gregorutti, Michela ^a   Comar, Consuelo ^a   Baracetti, Stefano ^a   Vatta, Serena ^b   Bevilacqua, Elena ^a   Belgrano, Anna ^a   Crovella, Sergio ^a   Amoroso, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Celtic people; Haemochromatosis; HFE mutations

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INHERITANCE; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRON; ITALY; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0034974983     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200643     Document Type: Article

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