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[A new method of molecular testing in the differential diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis].
Orvosi hetilap - 7 Nov 1999
Andrikovics H, Klein I, Kalmár L, Bors A, Jermendy G, Petri I, Kalász L, Váradi A, Tordai A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemochromatosis is an autosomal, recessive disorder of the iron metabolism. The hemochromatosis gene (HFE) was previously located on chromosome 6 and recently identified by positional cloning. A point mutation, C282Y, was found to be present in the HFE gene in homozygous form in 64 to 100% of patients with established hemochromatosis. The relationship of a second polymorphic variant of the HFE gene,...
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