Mutation analysis of the HLA-H gene in Italian hemochromatosis patients

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 828-832

  Carella, M ^a   D'Ambrosio, L ^a   Totaro, A ^a   Grifa, A ^a   Valentino, M A ^a   Piperno, A ^b   Girelli, D ^c   Roetto, A ^d   Franco, B ^e   Gasparini, P ^a   Camaschella, C ^d,f  

^a IRCCS CSS San Giovanni Rotondo   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^f SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; CYSTEINE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TYROSINE;

EID: 16944363480     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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