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Curaçao patients with coronary artery disease have a higher prevalence of the HFE C282Y mutation.
The West Indian medical journal - 1 Jun 2004
Dijck-Brouwer D A J, Hepkema B G, van der Dijs F P L, Steward H N, de Windt-Hol J M C, Muskiet F A J
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies indicate a positive relation between iron status and coronary artery disease (CAD) risk The HFE C282Y allele is associated with increased iron status and higher CAD risk. We investigated whether HFE C282Ymight be a CAD risk factor in Curaçao in a case-control study design. The patient group comprised 42 men and 10 women. Fifty-four men and 30 women without history of CAD served as age and...
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