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High incidence of hemochromatosis gene mutations in the myelodysplastic syndrome: the Budapest Study on 50 patients.
Acta haematologica - 1 Jan 2003
Várkonyi Judit, Tarkovács Gábor, Karádi István, Andrikovics Hajnalka, Varga Ferenc, Varga Fatime, Demeter Judit, Tordai Attila
Abstract excerpt
Genotypic testing of nonselected patients with the myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) for the C282Y and H63D mutations of the HFE gene responsible for hereditary hemochromatosis revealed a significantly increased frequency of these mutations when compared to healthy blood donors reflecting the average population. Among the 50 patients examined [26 refractory anemia (RA), 9 refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts...
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