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HFE genotype and parameters of iron metabolism in German first-time blood donors - evidence for an increased transferrin saturation in C282Y heterozygotes.
Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie - 1 Nov 2003
Raddatz D, Legler T, Lynen R, Addicks N, Ramadori G
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BACKGROUND: Hemochromatosis is usually inherited in an autosomal recessive mode and associated with missense mutations in the hemochromatosis gene (HFE), an HLA class 1 related gene. However the degree of penetrance is presently matter of debate. METHODS: To elucidate the frequency of HFE mutatio...
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