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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Antonello Pietrangelo, I-41100 Modena, IT;
Inventor:
Antonello Pietrangelo, I-41100 Modena, IT;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to mutations in the SLC40A1 gene coding for the ferroportin 1, associated to impaired iron homeostasis or to non-HFE hereditary hemochromatosis and to methods for the diagnosis of these hereditary diseases based on the identification of said mutations.