Frequency of HFE H63D, S65C, and C282Y mutations in patients with iron overload and controls from Toledo, Spain

Genetic Testing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-267

  De Diego, Carles ^a   Murga, Maria José ^a   Martínez Castro, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN;

EID: 9744270733     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.2004.8.263     Document Type: Article

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