Anaemia, iron deficiency and a common polymorphism of iron-regulation, TMPRSS6 rs855791, in rwandan children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-122

  Danquah, Ina ^a   Gahutu, Jean Bosco ^b   Zeile, Irene ^c   Musemakweri, Andre ^b   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^c  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Iron deficiency; Rwanda; TMPRSS6

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INFECTIOUS DISEASE; IRON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM; RURAL AREA;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RWANDA; TMPRSS6 GENE;

RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANAEMIA; IRON DEFICIENCY; RWANDA; TMPRSS6;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; IRON; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POVERTY; RWANDA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84890561259     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12216     Document Type: Article

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