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HFE mutations in African-American women with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Ethnicity & disease - 1 Jan 2001
Acton R T, Barton J C, Bell D S, Go R C, Roseman J M
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to compare the frequencies of HFE mutations in African-American women with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) to that of controls and to determine whether these mutations are associated with NIDDM and iron overload. We studied 167 African-American women with NIDDM. The 71 non-diabetic controls were African-American female controls. HLA-A and -B typing and HFE mutation...
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