Hereditary hemochromatosis due to resistance to hepcidin: High hepcidin concentrations in a family with C326S ferroportin mutation

Blood

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 493-494

  Sham, Ronald L ^a   Phatak, Pradyumna D ^a   Nemeth, Elizabeta ^b   Ganz, Tomas ^b  

^a ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROPORTIN; HEPCIDIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; METAL TRANSPORTING PROTEIN 1;

GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHILD; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 67651083585     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-04-216226     Document Type: Letter

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