AVAQ 594-597 deletion of the TfR2 gene in a Japanese family with hemochromatosis

Hepatology Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-156

  Hattori, Ai ^a   Wakusawa, Shinnya ^a   Hayashi, Hisao ^a   Harashima, Ai ^a   Sanae, Fujiko ^a   Kawanaka, Miwa ^b   Yamada, Gohtaro ^b   Yano, Motoyashi ^c   Yoshioka, Kenntaro ^c  

^a HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Diabetes; Iron; Liver

Indexed keywords

IRON; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; JAPAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0043170776     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(03)00086-X     Document Type: Article

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