Haemochromatosis: Understanding the mechanism of disease and implications for diagnosis and patient management following the recent cloning of novel genes involved in iron metabolism

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 181-192

  Fletcher, L M ^a   Halliday, J W ^b,c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

HFE gene; Intestinal iron absorption; Iron overload; Liver

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CERULOPLASMIN; EMOXIPIN; FERRITIN; FLUROTHYL; FRATAXIN; HEME OXYGENASE; HEPCIDIN; HEPHAESTIN; IRON; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; ISOENZYME; ISOPROTEIN; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS GENE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; REVIEW;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; FERRITINS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; IRON; LIVER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0036125136     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.00945.x     Document Type: Review

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