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Atypical haemochromatosis: phenotypic spectrum and beta2-microglobulin candidate gene analysis.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Jul 1999
Walker A P, Wallace D F, Partridge J, Bomford A B, Dooley J S
Abstract excerpt
Beta2-microglobulin was investigated in atypical haemochromatosis patients not homozygous for the C282Y mutation of HFE (OMIM *235200), because the HFE protein binds beta2-microglobulin, and in mice beta2-microglobulin gene knockout causes hepatic iron overload. Six unrelated patients with atypical haemochromatosis were studied. Five patients had normal HFE coding sequence and the sixth was heterozygous for...
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