Heterozygosity for the H63D mutation in the hereditary hemochromatosis (HFE) gene may lead into severe iron overload in β-thalassemia minor: Observations in a thalassemic kindred

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-120

  Ruiz Argüelles, Guillermo J ^a,b   Garcés Eisele, Javier ^b   Reyes Núñez, Virginia ^b   Sánchez Anzaldo, Javier ^b   Ruiz Delgado, Guillermo J ^c   Jiménez González, Carlos ^d   Carrera, Benito ^d  

^a Ctro Hematol Med Int de Puebla   (Mexico)

^b Laboratorios Clinicos de Puebla   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD LA SALLE   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C282Y; Gene; H63D; Hemochromatosis; Hereditary; Mutation; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HFE PROTEIN, HUMAN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0035293235     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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