Status of HFE mutation in thalassemia syndromes in north India

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 483-485

  Agarwal, Sarita ^a   Tewari, D ^a   Arya, V ^a   Moorchung, N ^a   Tripathi, R ^a   Chaudhuri, G ^a   Pradhan, M ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hereditary hemochromatosis; HFE mutation; Indian population; Thalassemia syndrome

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; FERRITIN; HFE PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; TYROSINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALASSEMIA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INDIA; IRON OVERLOAD; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 34249903619     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-006-0224-z     Document Type: Article

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