[Relationship between HFE gene and hereditary hemochromatosis].

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HFE gene is a major histocompatibility complex class I-like gene, which was identified as a candidate gene for hemochromatosis in 1996. The proposed role for HFE is its part in the regulation of the interaction of the transferrin receptor with transferrin. Hemochromatosis, the common autosomal recessive disease of iron overload, affects at least 1 in 300 Caucasians. The identification of the C282Y mutation in the...

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