High prevalence of a screening-detected, HFE-unrelated, mild idiopathic iron overload in Northern Italy

Haematologica

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 472-478

  Barosi, Giovanni ^a   Salvaneschi, Laura ^a   Grasso, Maurizia ^a   Martinetti, Miryam ^a   Marchetti, Monia ^a   Bodini, Umberto ^a   Reggianni, Alessandro ^a   D'Agostino, Francesco ^a   Nalli, Giulio ^a   Degiuli, Alberto ^a   De Silvestri, Annalisa ^a   Arbustini, Eloisa ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hereditary hemochromatosis; Idiopathic iron overload

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; FAMILY HEALTH; IRELAND; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRELAND; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036093784     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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