HFE Gene Mutations in Chile [5] (multiple letters)

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 708-709

  Wohllk, Nelson ^a   Zapata, Rodrigo ^a   Acuña, Mónica ^a   Reyes, Humberto ^a   Navarro, Alex ^b   Roa, Iván ^c   Roa, Juan Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HFE GENE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; MUTATION;

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

CHILE; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 0142119441     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-8-200310210-00029     Document Type: Letter

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