Frequencies of C282Y and H63D mutations and transferrin saturation indices in the Korean population

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 689-692

  Choi, Soo Jin ^a   Min, Won Ki ^a   Chun, Sail ^a   Park, Hyosoon ^a   Kim, Jong Won ^a   Park, Chan Jeong ^a   Chi, Hyun Sook ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human hemochromatosis gene; Korean population; Transferrin saturation

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON STORAGE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLE; SCREENING TEST; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; RACE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0036361354     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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