Article
Inherited disorders of iron metabolism.
Kidney international. Supplement - 1 Mar 1999
Födinger M, Sunder-Plassmann G
Abstract excerpt
Recent molecular studies have resulted in the identification of genetic alterations underlying hereditary disorders of iron metabolism. One example is the discovery of the HFE gene that is mutated in patients suffering from hereditary hemochromatosis. This autosomal recessive disorder has an estimated carrier frequency that varies between 0.07 and 0.13, thus representing one of the most common genetically...
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