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Hemochromatosis gene variants in patients with cardiomyopathy.
The American journal of cardiology - 15 Aug 2001
Pereira A C, Cuoco M A, Mota G F, da Silva F F, Freitas H F, Bocchi E A, Soler J M, Mansur A J, Krieger J E
Abstract excerpt
Iron depletion was suggested to be protective against the development of ischemic heart disease. Population studies have led to conflicting results, and such an association has not been addressed in patients with heart failure due to cardiomyopathy. We studied the distribution of hemochromatosis-related mutations in 319 patients with heart failure due to cardiomyopathy of different etiologies. The genotypic...
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