Genetic heterogeneity underlies juvenile hemochromatosis phenotype: Analysis of three families of Northern Greek origin

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 168-173

  Papanikolaou, G ^a   Papaioannou, M ^b   Politou, M ^a   Vavatsi, N ^b   Kioumi, A ^b   Tsiatsiou, P ^b   Marinaki, P ^b   Loukopoulos, D ^a   Christakis, J I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

1q chromosome; HFE; Iron; Juvenile hemochromatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GREECE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; JUVENILE HEMOCHROMATOSIS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036401241     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.2002.0553     Document Type: Article

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