Analysis of HFE and non-HFE gene mutations in Brazilian patients with hemochromatosis

Clinics

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 837-841

  Bittencourt, Paulo Lisboa ^a,b   Marin, Maria Lúcia Carnevale ^b   Couto, Cláudia Alves ^c   Cançado, Eduardo Luiz Rachid ^a   Carrilho, Flair José ^a   Goldberg, Anna Carla ^d  

^a Portuguese Hospital   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Gene mutations; Hereditary hemochromatosis; HFE mutations; Iron overload

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; HFE PROTEIN, HUMAN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METAL TRANSPORTING PROTEIN 1; TFR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ADULT; AGED; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 70349873684     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322009000900003     Document Type: Article

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