The distribution of the parasitic fauna dictates the distribution of the haemochromatosis genes

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 415-417

  Uzoigwe, Ossie Ferdinand ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; PYRUVATE KINASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPOSURE; FAUNA; GENE LOCATION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOST; HUMAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; PARASITE; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; THALASSEMIA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 77957018837     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.12.057     Document Type: Article

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