Normal levels of soluble transferrin receptor in Friedreich ataxia [1]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 250-251

  Sitte, K ^b   Zaibak, F ^b   Delatycki, M B ^b   Ioannou, Panos A ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; FRATAXIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE MARKER; DISORDERS OF METAL METABOLISM; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOBLAST; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0036766537     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2002.620312.x     Document Type: Letter

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