Sex, drugs, and "heavy metal": Does diet also matter in the clinical expression of hereditary hemochromatosis?

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 526-528

  McCune, C Anne ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRUG; FERROPORTIN; HEAVY METAL; HEPCIDIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DIET THERAPY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEREDITY; HFE GENE; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 44149113076     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/83.5.526     Document Type: Editorial

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