Frequency of the hemochromatosis gene (HFE) 282C→Y, 63H→D, and 65S→C mutations in a general Mediterranean population from Tarragona, Spain

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Aranda, Núria ^a   Viteri, Fernando E ^b   Fernández Ballart, Joan ^a   Murphy, Michelle ^a   Arija, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

282C Y; 63H D; 65S C mutations prevalence; Epidemiology; Genetics; Hemochromatosis; HFE gene

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GUANINE; HFE PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; IRON; THYMIDINE; TYROSINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846418721     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-006-0179-0     Document Type: Article

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