Analysis of HFE gene mutations and HLA-A alleles in Brazilian patients with iron overload

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-60

  Cançado, Rodolfo Delfini ^a,d   Guglielmi, Aline Cristiane de Oliveira ^b   Vergueiro, Carmen Silvia Vieitas ^a   Rolim, Ernani Geraldo ^a   Figueiredo, Maria Stella ^c   Chiattone, Carlos Sérgio ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Blood Center   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Hemocentro da Santa Casa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ferritin; Hemochromatosis; Inborn genetic diseases; Iron metabolism disorders; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; FERRITIN; HFE PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; HLA A ANTIGEN; IRON; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON OVERLOAD; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746929505     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802006000200002     Document Type: Article

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