New TFR2 mutations in young Italian patients with hemochromatosis

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-310

  Biasiotto, Giorgio ^a   Camaschella, Clara ^b   Forni, Gian Luca ^c   Polotti, Anna ^d   Zecchina, Gabriella ^d   Arosio, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

DHPLC; Hemochromatosis; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; RNA SPLICING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 40849147354     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.11942     Document Type: Article

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