Assessment of HFE mutations in patients with iron overload [3]

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-

  Bittencourt, Paulo Lisboa ^a,b  

^a Portuguese Hospital of Salvador   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HFE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BRAZIL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATITIS C; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTOR; SIDEROSIS;

EID: 34249291316     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802007000100014     Document Type: Letter

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