Genome-wide association study identifies genetic loci associated with iron deficiency

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  McLaren, Christine E ^a   Garner, Chad P ^a   Constantine, Clare C ^b   McLachlan, Stela ^c   Vulpe, Chris D ^c   Snively, Beverly M ^d   Gordeuk, Victor R ^e   Nickerson, Debbie A ^f   Cook, James D ^g   Leiendecker Foster, Catherine ^h   Beckman, Kenneth B ⁱ   Eckfeldt, John H ^h   Barcellos, Lisa F ^j   Murray, Joseph A ^k   Adams, Paul C ^l   Acton, Ronald T ^m   Killeen, Anthony A ^h   McLaren, Gordon D ^n,o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^l LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^m University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

ⁿ VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FERRITIN; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CHROMOSOME 7P; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; GENETICS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON OVERLOAD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79953321845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017390     Document Type: Article

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