Frequency of the hemochromatosis gene mutations in the population of Serbia and Montenegro [2]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 170-172

  Saric M ^b   Zamurovic Lj ^b   Keckarevic Markovic M ^b   Keckarevic D ^b   Stevanovic M ^b   Savic Pavicevic D ^b   Jovic J ^b   Romac, Stanka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HFE PROTEIN; SERINE;

CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YUGOSLAVIA;

EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 33745870875     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2006.00655.x     Document Type: Letter

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