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[The prevalence of the Cys282Tyr mutation in the hemochromatosis gene in Cantabria in patients diagnosed with hereditary hemochromatosis].
Medicina clinica - 10 Apr 1999
Fábrega E, Castro B, Sánchez-Castro L, Benito A, Fernández-Luna J L, Pons-Romero F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of Cys282Tyr mutation in patients with genetic haemochromatosis (GH) in Cantabria. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The HFE Cys282Tyr mutation was determined in a cohort of 60 patients with GH and 213 controls. RESULTS: The frequency of the Cys282Tyr mutation in control individuals was 4.4%. Sixty-seven percent of patients with GH were homozygous for the...
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