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Compound heterozygous hemochromatosis genotype predicts increased iron and erythrocyte indices in women.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Feb 2000
Rossi E, Olynyk J K, Cullen D J, Papadopoulos G, Bulsara M, Summerville L, Powell L W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Women who inherit heterozygosity for the C282Y mutation of the HFE gene may have increased serum iron indices and hemoglobin and are less likely to develop iron deficiency compared with women with the wild-type genotype. METHODS: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 497 women 20-44 years of age and 830 women >51 years of age drawn from the Busselton (Australia) population study to assess the...
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