Frequency of two common HFE gene mutations (C282Y and H63D) in a group of Iranian patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 887-889

  Jowkar, Zahra ^a   Geramizadeh, Bita ^a,b   Shariat, Mahmoud ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genes; Iran; Liver Cirrhosis; Mutation

Indexed keywords

HFE PROTEIN; IRON;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HFE GENE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRANIAN; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 82955169682     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.1735143X.3749     Document Type: Article

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