Natural history of TFR2-related hereditary hemochromatosis in a 47-yr-old Italian patient

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 494-496

  Ricerca, Bianca Maria ^a   Radio, Francesca Clementina ^b   De Marinis, Laura ^c   De Bernardo, Carmelilia ^a   Castori, Marco ^a   Sacco, Eugenia ^b   Grammatico, Paola ^a   Majore, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON OVERLOAD; ITALY; LETTER; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLEBOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TFR 2 GENE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, TERMINATOR; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 70349968176     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2009.01297.x     Document Type: Letter

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