Iron deficiency and frequency of HFE C282Y gene mutation in Brazilian blood donors

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 245-251

  Terada, C T ^a   Santos, P C J L ^a   Cancado R D ^b   Rostelato, S ^a   Lopreato, F R ^a   Chiattone, C S ^b   Guerra Shinohara, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Santa Casa School of Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Blood donors; HFE gene; Iron deficiency; Mutation

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HFE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949163382     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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