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Hemochromatosis gene in leukemia and lymphoma.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Mar 2002
Dorak M Tevfik, Burnett Alan K, Worwood Mark
Abstract excerpt
The gene causing hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), HFE is an HLA class I-like gene with no known immunological function but indirectly related to the immune functions because of its role in iron transport. It is located 6.5 Mb telomeric to HLA-A. The most common mutation of HFE, C282Y, has a Celtic origin and most patients with HH are homozygous for it in Northern European populations. While there is an enormously...
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