Homozygous AMN mutation in hereditary selective intestinal malabsorption of vitamin B12 in Jordan

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1061-1064

  Al Alami, Jamil R ^a   Tanner, Stephan M ^b   Tayeh, Marwan K ^c   de la Chapelle, Albert ^b   El Shanti, Hatem ^c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; AMNIONLESS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CUBILIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GUANINE; HAPTOCORRIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR; TRANSCOBALAMIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JORDAN; MALABSORPTION; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MIDDLE EAST; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SYMPTOM; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES;

ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEINS; RNA SPLICE SITES; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 24044437470     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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