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HFE mutations, iron deficiency and overload in 10,500 blood donors.
British journal of haematology - 1 Aug 2001
Jackson H A, Carter K, Darke C, Guttridge M G, Ravine D, Hutton R D, Napier J A, Worwood M
Abstract excerpt
People with genetic haemochromatosis (GH) accumulate iron from excessive dietary absorption. In populations of northern European origin, over 90% of patients are homozygous for the C282Y mutation of the HFE gene. While about 1 in 200 people in the general population have this genotype the proportion who develop clinical haemochromatosis is not known. The influence of HFE genotype on iron status was investigated...
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