The ancestral hemochromatosis haplotype is associated with a severe phenotype expression in Italian patients

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-46

  Piperno, Alberto ^a   Arosio, Cristina ^b   Fargion, Silvia ^c   Roetto, Antonella ^d   Nicoli, Carlo ^a   Girelli, Domenico ^e   Sbaiz, Luca ^d   Gasparini, Paolo ^f   Boari, Giuseppe ^h   Sampietro, Maurizio ^c   Camaschella, Clara ^d,g  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^f CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CNR   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 15844397210     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008707280     Document Type: Article

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