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Screening for iron overload in the Turkish population.
Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2003
Barut Gultekin, Balci Huriye, Bozdayi Mithat, Hatemi Ibrahim, Ozcelik Dervis, Senturk Hakan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH), the most common autosomal recessive disease in the white population, is characterized by excessive gastrointestinal absorption of iron and loading of parenchymal organs. HFE mutations of C282Y and H63D are largely responsible for HH in populations of Celtic ancestry. Although many screening studies related to HH have been done in Northern Europe, the USA and...
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