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Iron absorption by heterozygous carriers of the HFE C282Y mutation associated with hemochromatosis.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Oct 2004
Hunt Janet R, Zeng Huawei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Research conducted before genotyping was possible suggested that subjects heterozygous for the genetic mutation associated with hemochromatosis absorbed nonheme iron more efficiently than did control subjects when tested with a fortified meal. Heme-iron absorption in these subjects has not been reported. OBJECTIVE: We compared the absorption of heme and nonheme iron from minimally or highly fortified...
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