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A population-based study of the effect of the HFE C282Y and H63D mutations on iron metabolism.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Mar 2003
Njajou Omer T, Houwing-Duistermaat Jeanine J, Osborne Richard H, Vaessen Norbert, Vergeer Jeanette, Heeringa Jan, Pols Huibert A P, Hofman Albert, van Duijn Cornelia M
Abstract excerpt
The C282Y and H63D mutations in the HFE gene are important causes of hemochromatosis. In the elderly, these mutations might be associated with increased morbidity because of the lifelong accumulation of iron. In a population-based sample of the elderly, we determined the value of genotyping for H...
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