A new case of human atransferrinemia with a previously undescribed mutation in the transferrin gene

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 244-247

  Aslan, Deniz ^a   Crain, Karen ^b   Beutler, Ernest ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atransferrinemia; Iron overload; Microcytic anemia

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON OVERLOAD; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSFERRIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; CONSANGUINITY; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PLASMA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSFERRIN; TURKEY;

EID: 38749137357     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112726     Document Type: Article

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