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Idiopathic hemochromatosis with the mutation of Ala176Val heterozygous for HFE gene.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jun 2001
Imanishi H, Liu W, Cheng J, Ikeda N, Amuro Y, Hada T
Abstract excerpt
Most patients with hereditary hemochromatosis are homozygous for C282Y in the HFE gene in populations of Celtic origin, but the genetic cause of this disease is unknown in Japan because of its rarity. A 48-year-old Japanese patient was recently diagnosed with idiopathic hemochromatosis. Analysis of the entire coding region of the patient's HFE by RT-PCR showed a heterozygous nucleotide substitution at nucleotide...
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