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Porphyria cutanea tarda: the etiological importance of mutations in the HFE gene and viral infection is population-dependent.
Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) - 1 Dec 2002
Hift R J, Corrigall A V, Hancock V, Kannemeyer J, Kirsch R E, Meissner P N
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A number of factors, including increased iron stores and alcohol consumption, are known to be associated with the development of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) in susceptible individuals. Recent reports have described a significant association between inheritance of the C282Y and H63D mutations in...
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