Common TMPRSS6 mutations and iron, erythrocyte, and pica phenotypes in 48 women with iron deficiency or depletion

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-127

  Lee, Pauline L ^a   Barton, J Clayborn ^b   Khaw, Peter L ^a   Bhattacharjee, Sarah Y ^a   Barton, James C ^b,c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN IRON DISORDERS CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Iron absorption; Matriptase 2; Mean corpuscular volume; Pagophagia; Pica

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXON; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEPLETION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PAGOPHAGIA; PICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TMPRSS6 GENE; TRANSFERRIN SATURATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PICA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84856406425     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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