HFE gene mutations in patients with alcoholic liver disease: A prospective study from northwestern Poland

Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 127-131

  Raszeja Wyszomirska, Joanna ^a   Kurzawski, Grzegorz ^a   Zawada, Iwona ^a   Suchy, Janina ^a   Lubinski, Jan ^a   Milkiewicz, Piotr ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Gene mutations; Hereditary hemochromatosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HFE PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; IRON; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; C282Y GENE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; H63D GENE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 77952803572     PISSN: 00323772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20452/pamw.905     Document Type: Article

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