The relationship between iron overload and clinical characteristics in a Spanish cohort of 100 C282Y homozygous hemochromatosis patients

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 831-835

  Altes, Albert ^a   Ruiz, Angels ^a   Martinez, Clara ^a   Esteve, Anna ^a   Vela, Maria Dolores ^b   Remacha, Angel Francisco ^c   Sarda, Pilar ^c   Bach, Vanessa ^c   Baiget, Montserrat ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE L ESPERIT SANT   (Spain)

^b Hospital Calella Y Blanes   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arthropathy; Diabetes; Hemochromatosis; Impotence; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART FAILURE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 34848905459     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-007-0336-0     Document Type: Article

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