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Evolution of untreated hereditary hemochromatosis in the Busselton population: a 17-year study.
Mayo Clinic proceedings - 1 Mar 2004
Olynyk John K, Hagan Simone E, Cullen Digby J, Beilby John, Whittall Davina E
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the evolution of biochemical and clinical features during a 17-year period in untreated subjects homozygous for the C282Y mutation in the hemochromatosis gene. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: In 1998, 12 subjects from Busselton, Australia, were newly diagnosed as being homozygous for the C282Y mutation. We determined transferrin saturation and ferritin values and retrieved clinical information from...
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