Prevalence of the G320V mutation of the HJV gene, associated with juvenile hemochromatosis, in Greece

Haematologica

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 742-743

  Pissia, Maria ^a   Polonifi, Katerina ^a   Politou, Marianna ^a,b   Lilakos, Konstantinos ^a   Sakellaropoulos, Nikos ^a   Papanikolaou, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

HFE2; Iron; Juvenile hemochromatosis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HEMOJUVELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HJV GENE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE HEMOCHROMATOSIS; PENETRANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 3042669233     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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