Concordance of iron indices in homozygote and heterozygote sibling pairs in hemochromatosis families: Implications for family screening

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-314

  Whiting, Peter W ^a   Fletcher, Linda M ^a   Dixon, Jeanette K ^b   Gochee, Peter ^b   Powell, Lawrie W ^b   Crawford, Darrell H G ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iron overload; Modifying genes; Population screening

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FERRITIN; TRANSFERRIN; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SIBLING; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHENOTYPE; SIBLINGS; TWINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036708279     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(02)00216-7     Document Type: Article

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