Frequency of the hemochromatosis HFE mutations C282Y, H63D, and S65C in blood donors in the Faroe Islands

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 146-149

  Milman, Nils ^a,b   Steig, Torkil Á ^b   Koefoed, Pernille ^a   Pedersen, Palle ^c   Fenger, Kirsten ^a   Nielsen, Finn Cilius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Landssukrahusid ^*  (Faroe Islands)

^c NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Faroe Islands; Genotypes; Hemochromatosis; Mutations; Prevalence; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

HFE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAROE ISLANDS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION;

BLOOD DONORS; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 13844319437     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-004-0865-8     Document Type: Article

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