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HFE-associated hereditary hemochromatosis.
Canadian journal of gastroenterology = Journal canadien de gastroenterologie - 1 Feb 2000
Eijkelkamp E J, Yapp T R, Powell L W
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hemochromatosis is a common inherited disorder of the iron metabolism. Screening studies indicate that it has a prevalence of one in 200 to 400, depending on the population studied, and a carrier rate of about one in seven to one in 10. Feder et al identified the hereditary hemochromatosis gene (HFE) in 1996 and two candidate mutations; the C282Y mutation has been shown to be responsible for the...
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