Transferrin receptor-2 (TFR2) mutation Y250X in Alabama Caucasian and African American subjects with and without primary iron overload

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 279-284

  Barton, Ellen H ^a,b,c   West, Priscilla A ^a,b,c   Rivers, Charles A ^a,b,c   Barton, James C ^d   Acton, Ronald T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN IRON DISORDERS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Caucasian American; Hemochromatosis; Iron overload; Transferrin; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; PROTEIN Y250X; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035046436     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.2001.0380     Document Type: Article

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