Iron overload in Africans and African-Americans and a common mutation in the SCL40A1 (ferroportin 1) gene

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-304

  Gordeuk, Victor R ^a   Caleffi, Angela ^b   Corradini, Elena ^b   Ferrara, Francesca ^b   Jones, Russell A ^c   Castro, Oswaldo ^a   Onyekwere, Onyinye ^a   Kittles, Rick ^a   Pignatti, Elisa ^b   Montosi, Giuliana ^b   Garuti, Cinzia ^b   Gangaidzo, Innocent T ^d   Gomo, Z A R ^d   Moyo, Victor M ^e   Rouault, Tracey A ^f   MacPhail, Patrick ^g   Pietrangelo, Antonello ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c Chattanooga Oncology Hematology Associates   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROPORTIN 1; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCL40A1 GENE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10744232713     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-9796(03)00164-5     Document Type: Article

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