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Relations among serum ferritin, C282Y and H63D mutations in the HFE gene and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Czech population.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 Aug 2002
Kanková K, Jansen E H J M, Márová I, Stejskalová A, Pácal L, Muzík J, Vácha J
Abstract excerpt
Aims of the study were: (i) to determine the prevalence of mutations C282Y and H63D in the HFE gene causing hereditary hemochromatosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and non-diabetics, (ii) to investigate the relationship among HFE genotypes, serum ferritin and glucose intolerance and (iii) to assess possible association of HFE mutations with the susceptibility to develop late diabetic complications in...
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