Lack of clinical manifestation of hereditary haemochromatosis in South African patients with multiple sclerosis

Metabolic Brain Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 109-120

  Kotze, M J ^a   De Villiers, J N P ^a   Warnich, L ^b   Schmidt, S ^c   Carr, J ^d   Mansvelt, E ^d   Fourie, E ^d   Van Rensburg, S J ^d  

^a Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Medpark 202 ^*  (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Haemochromatosis; Iron metabolism; Multiple sclerosis; Penetrance

Indexed keywords

DNA; FERRITIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 39049176585     PISSN: 08857490     EISSN: 15737365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11011-006-9015-4     Document Type: Article

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