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Comparative study of the two more frequent HFE mutations (C282Y and H63D): significant different allelic frequencies between the North and South of Portugal.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Nov 2001
Cardoso C S, Oliveira P, Porto G, Oberkanins C, Mascarenhas M, Rodrigues P, Kury F, de Sousa M
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An earlier study of reference values of iron parameters in Portugal showed significant differences between populations from northern and southern villages. This study addresses the question of the geographical distribution in Portugal of the two main mutations (C282Y and H63D) of the hereditary hemochromatosis gene, HFE. For that purpose, a stratified sample of 640 anonymous dried blood spot samples was randomly...
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