SLC40A1 Q248H allele frequencies and Q248H-associated risk of non-HFE iron overload in persons of sub-Saharan African descent

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-211

  Barton, James C ^a   Acton, Ronald T ^b   Lee, Pauline L ^c   West, Carol ^c  

^a SOUTHERN IRON DISORDERS CENTER   (United States)

^b Epidemiology and International Health   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroportin; Genetics; Hemojuvelin A310G; Mutation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; FERROPORTIN 1;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HFE GENE; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD;

EID: 34547425285     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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