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Clinical and molecular aspects of juvenile hemochromatosis in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (Quebec, canada).
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Feb 2000
Rivard S R, Mura C, Simard H, Simard R, Grimard D, Le Gac G, Raguenes O, Férec C, De Braekeleer M
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We report the clinical, biochemical, and genetic characteristics of 13 hemochromatosis patients from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean in whom the first symptoms appeared before age 30. Although the mean age at onset of the first symptoms was 21. 5 years, their mean age at diagnosis was 23.8 years; the diagnosis was particularly delayed among women. Seventy-seven percent of the patients had hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism...
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