Hemojuvelin and hepcidin genes sequencing in Brazilian patients with primary iron overload

Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 803-806

  De Lima Santos, Paulo Caleb Júnior ^a   Pereira, Alexandre C ^a   Cançado, Rodolfo D ^b   Schettert, Isolmar T ^a,c   Hirata, Rosario D C ^a   Hirata, Mario H ^a   Figueiredo, Maria Stella ^d   Chiattone, Carlos S ^b   Krieger, Jose E ^a   Guerra Shinohara, Elvira M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Central da Santa Casa de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^c Novo Atibaia Hospital   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOJUVELIN; HEPCIDIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITARY HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY IRON OVERLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BRAZIL; EXONS; FEMALE; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78650318347     PISSN: 19450265     EISSN: 19450257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2010.0056     Document Type: Article

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