Three patients with middle-age-onset hemochromatosis caused by novel mutations in the hemojuvelin gene

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 740-742

  Koyama, Chizu ^a   Hayashi, Hisao ^b   Wakusawa, Shinya ^a   Ueno, Toshio ^b   Yano, Motoyoshi ^c   Katano, Yoshiaki ^c   Goto, Hidemi ^c   Kidokoro, Ryuichi ^d  

^a HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Asanogawa General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Kidokoro Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Diabetes mellitus; Gene; Iron; Juvenile; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

FERROPORTIN 1; HEMOJUVELIN; HEPCIDIN; HFE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344497919     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2005.06.024     Document Type: Article

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