Identification of ferroportin disease in the Indian subcontinent [8]

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 567-568

  Wallace, D F ^a   Browett, P ^b   Wong, P ^c   Kua, H ^d   Ameratunga, R ^e   Subramaniam, V N ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d Diagnostic Medlab   (New Zealand)

^e AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROPORTIN 1; HFE PROTEIN;

ANEMIA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FERROPORTIN DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SRI LANKA; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 15444380100     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.060988     Document Type: Letter

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