Serum ferritin as a marker of affection for genetic hemochromatosis.

doi:10.1159/000153924

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Serum ferritin as a marker of affection for genetic hemochromatosis.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 1990

Borecki I B, Rao D C, Yaouanq J, Lalouel J M

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A bivariate segregation analysis of genetic hemochromatosis with serum ferritin concentration was undertaken to examine the pleiotropic effect of the hemochromatosis locus on each of the two phenotypes, in an ascertained sample of families from Brittany, France. The gene was recessive with respec...

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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Ferritins
Genetic Markers
Hemochromatosis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype

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