A study of 82 extended HLA haplotypes in HFE-C282Y homozygous hemochromatosis subjects: Relationship to the genetic control of CD8+ T-lymphocyte numbers and severity of iron overload

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cruz, Eugénia ^a,b,c   Vieira, Jorge ^c   Almeida, Susana ^c   Lacerda, Rosa ^b   Gartner, Andrea ^d   Cardoso, Carla S ^c   Alves, Helena ^d   Porto, Graça ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d Ministerio da Saude Portuguese   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HFE PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IRON OVERLOAD; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE;

EID: 33645218398     PISSN: 14712350     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-7-16     Document Type: Article

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