Prevalence of HFE gene C282Y and H63D mutations in a French-Canadian population of neonates and in referred patients

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-189

  Girouard, Joël ^a   Giguère, Yves ^a   Delage, Robert ^a   Rousseau, François ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0037081742     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/11.2.185     Document Type: Article

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