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Molecular diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis: application of a newly-developed reverse-hybridization assay in the South African population.
Clinical genetics - 1 Apr 2004
Kotze M J, de Villiers J N P, Bouwens C S H, Warnich L, Zaahl M G, van der Merwe S, Oberkanins C
Abstract excerpt
A recently developed strip-assay for hemochromatosis provides a rapid method for simultaneous detection of multiple mutations, which among others includes the HFE gene mutations V53M, V59M, H63D, H63H, S65C, Q127H, E168Q, and C282Y, previously detected in the general South African population using gel-based mutation-screening methods. The objective of the study was to determine the frequency of the relatively...
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