Variants in TF and HFE Explain ∼40% of Genetic Variation in Serum-Transferrin Levels

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-65

  Benyamin, Beben ^a   McRae, Allan F ^a   Zhu, Gu ^a   Gordon, Scott ^a   Henders, Anjali K ^a   Palotie, Aarno ^b,c   Peltonen, Leena ^c,d   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Whitfield, John B ^a   Visscher, Peter M ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Finnish Genome Center   (Finland)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; THROMBOPLASTIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSFERRIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58049202750     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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