Prevalence of HFE mutations in upper Northern Italy: Study of 1132 unrelated blood donors

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 479-481

  Mariani, R ^a   Salvioni, A ^a   Corengia, C ^a   Erba, N ^a   Lanzafame, C ^a   De Micheli, V ^b   Baldini, V ^a   Arosio, C ^a   Fossati, L ^a   Trombini, P ^a   Oberkanins, C ^c   Piperno, Alberto ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c VIENNALAB DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blood donors; C282Y; Haemochromatosis; HFE; S65C; W169X

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONSENSE MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; ITALY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0242336624     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00220-2     Document Type: Article

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