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Hemojuvelin (<i>HJV</i>) mutations in persons of European, African‐American and Asian ancestry with adult onset haemochromatosis
1 Oct 2004
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the chromosome 1q-linked gene hemojuvelin (HJV) have recently been found to be a cause of juvenile haemochromatosis. We addressed the question of whether hemojuvelin mutations may influence the phenotype of patients with adult-onset haemochromatosis with or without mutations of the HFE gene. We sequenced the complete coding region of 133 subjects with iron overload. To screen a large number of...
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