Mutation analysis of the HFE gene associated with hereditary hemochromatosis in a Venezuelan sample

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 802-806

  Vizzi, Esmeralda ^a   Loureiro, Carmen Luisa ^a   Gerder, Marlene ^a   de las Nieves Garcia Casal, María ^b   Rodríguez Larralde, Alvaro ^b   Gerace, Letizia ^c   Ludert, Juan Ernesto ^a   Liprandi, Ferdinando ^a   Pujol, Flor Helene ^a  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c Applera Italia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hereditary hemochromatosis; HFE gene mutations; Venezuelan population

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; GENOMIC DNA; HFE PROTEIN; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 29444433627     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-005-1072-y     Document Type: Article

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