Four variants in transferrin and HFE genes as potential markers of iron deficiency anaemia risk: an association study in menstruating women

doi:10.1186/1743-7075-8-69

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Four variants in transferrin and HFE genes as potential markers of iron deficiency anaemia risk: an association study in menstruating women

6 Oct 2011

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BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency anaemia is a worldwide health problem in which environmental, physiologic and genetic factors play important roles. The associations between iron status biomarkers and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) known to be related to iron metabolism were studied in menstruating women. METHODS: A group of 270 Caucasian menstruating women, a population group at risk of iron deficiency...

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