Prevalence of haemochromatosis-associated mutations in the HFE gene in the Danish population;Frekvensen af hæmokromatoseassocierede mutationer i hæmokromatosegenet i den danske befolkning

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 164, Issue 39, 2002, Pages 4545-4547

  Larsen, Lisbeth Enggaard ^a   Ellervik, Christina ^a   Appleyard, Merete ^a   Nordestgaard, Børge G ^a   Birgens, Henrik ^a   Tybjærg Hansen, Anne ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MUTATION;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0037163449     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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