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HFE mutations and hemochromatosis in Danish patients admitted for HFE genotyping.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation - 1 Jan 2002
Koefoed P, Dalhoff K, Dissing J, Kramer I, Milman N, Pedersen P, Simonsen K, Tygstrup N, Nielsen F C
Abstract excerpt
Analysis of the common C282Y and H63D mutations in the HFE gene is widely used to diagnose hereditary hemochromatosis (HH). The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency with which different hospitals and general practitioners select patients for HH genotype and to determine the distribution of HFE mutations in such patients. Nine hundred unrelated patients from Danish hospitals and general practitioners...
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