Hemochromatosis (HFE) gene mutations in Brazilian chronic hemodialysis patients
Patients with chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) have reduced hemoglobin levels, mostly as a result of decreased kidney production of erythropoietin, but the relation between renal insufficiency and the magnitude of hemoglobin reduction has not been well defined. Hereditary hemochromatosis is an inhe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2005-09-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005000900005 |